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ALS in Gujarati, signed “Bapu,” one page on a 3.5 x 5.5 postcard, May 9, 1933. Handwritten letter from Yerawada Central Prison, in part (translated): "Received your letter. Do not worry about me. Do more and more pure duty (Dharm) and be the real devotee (Servant)." Addressed on the opposite side in Gandhi's hand. In fine condition, with an unobtrusive central fold.
In 1932, Gandhi was imprisoned at Yerawada Central Jail in Pune following his arrest during the satyagraha (civil disobedience) movement. While there, he undertook his famous 'fast unto death' in protest of the British Communal Award, which threatened to divide India by granting separate electorates to the so-called 'Depressed Classes.' The crisis led to negotiations with B. R. Ambedkar and resulted in the Poona Pact of September 1932, increased the political representation of the depressed classes. Gandhi was released from Yerawada in May 1933, continuing his campaign of nonviolent resistance to exert moral pressure against British colonial policies.
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