Political leader and activist revered as a nonviolent leader of Indian independence. He studied law in England, then spent several years in South Africa defending the rights of immigrants. He returned to India and became the leader of the Indian National Congress. He urged nonviolence and civil disobedience as a means to independence, with public acts of defiance that resulted in his incarceration several times. In 1947 he participated in the postwar negotiations that led to Indian independence. He was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic in 1948. He is sometimes compared with fellow humanitarians Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mother Theresa. ALS in English, signed “M.K. Gandhi,” on a 3.5 x 5 tan postcard, Bardoli letterhead, January 7, 1939. In part: “Dear Friend, I won’t argue. Let our faiths sustain us.” The postcard is addressed in Gandhi’s hand on the reverse to “Shri A.S. Wadia” in Poona. In fine condition, with a couple of small areas of trivial soiling, a postmark over a portion of the addressee’s name, bit of light edge wear, couple of mild corner creases. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
