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Gahndi and American Movies (Photoplay Magazine, 1937)
Roving "Photoplay" correspondent Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. traveled far afield to Yerovila Jail in Poona in order to ask the incarcerated Mahatma Gandhi (1869 –1948) a question of an entirely trivial nature: "What is your favorite American movie?"
| A Profile of Mahatma Gandhi (The Independent, 1921)
A 1921 account of the anti-colonial struggles waged by the forty-eight year old Mahatma Mohandas Karamachand Gandhi (1869 - 1948). This well-illustrated article touches on Gandhi's popularity among the Indian people of all faiths, his various boycotts and acts of non-cooperation as well as comments made by his admiring British adversaries.
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| Gandhi's Struggle Against British Imperialism (Literary Digest, 1937)
A news article from 1937 pertaining to Mahatma Gandhi's continuing fight to break free from English colonialism."The basic policy of this Congress," Nehru admonished, is to combat the 'Government of India Act'(the Federal Constitution); resist in every way the attempt by British imperialism to strengthen its hold on India and its people; stress a positive demand for a constituent assembly, elected by adult suffrage."
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