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It’s been said that in 1930, three people had achieved instant global recognition:

Charlie Chaplin,

Adolf Hitler,

and a skinny fellow who dressed to impress, Mohandas Gandhi.

Gandhi was a child of the British Empire.

Born in India in 1869 he trained as a barrister in London before moving to South Africa where he successfully fought against the appalling treatment of Indian immigrants.

Twenty years later, he returned to India which was then the jewel in the crown of the British Empire and here he began to challenge the injustices that many Indians suffered under British rule.

The British liked to think that in India, they were the good imperialists, parents really.

But after famines and repression, many Indians didn’t see it that way.

In March 1930, Gandhi, leader of the Indian Independence Movement, sent a letter to the headquarters of the British Raj in New Delhi. It was a direct challenge posted through the front door.

VICEROY:
Come in!

Andrew:
The letter was addressed to