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bulletMahatma Gandhi was associated with Kingsley Hall over a number of years.

In particular, he stayed at Kingsley Hall, Bow, London when he was attending the Roundtable Conference in 1931

Pathe GANDHI'S LONDON HOME IN THE EAST END

He famously met with Charlie Chaplin

In the  English sequence (black and white) in Richard Attenborough's film about Gandhi, you can see Gandhi outside Kingsley Hall, Bow. The policeman in the scene was his bodyguard, John's Great Uncle Walter Fuller (seen below with his mother)

 

Bill met Gandhi when he was 11, and wrote a short essay about him which was syndicated in newspapers across India. (below)

 

Kingsley Hall, Bow photographed by Bill in the 1990's   The plaque recording Ghandi's stay there in 1931
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Kingsley Hall, Bow photographed in the 1990's   The plaque recording Gandhi's stay there in 1931

 

Bill's essay which was published across India . This is a copy as it was recorded in the book: "The Nation's Voice" by C Rajagopalachar and J C Kumarappa published AHMEDABAD, 1932  
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Bill's essay which was published across India . This is a copy as it was recorded in the book: "The Nation's Voice" by C Rajagopalachar and J C Kumarappa published AHMEDABAD, 1932  
GANDHI_AND_MOUNT0.GIF (96656 bytes) Gandhi with Earl & Lady Mountbatten