As part of the programme, the family members of the victims and public of Heirok paid floral tribute to the three departed souls, followed by a public meeting.
File photo of Mahatma Gandhi
AHMEDABAD: Former West Bengal governor and Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi has donated 550 letters between Bapu, Kasturba, Sardar Patel, Mahadev Desai, and his father Devdas Gandhi (Mahatma’s youngest son) to Sabarmati Ashram Preservation and Memorial Trust on Friday. The collection also includes special envelopes made by Sardar Patel while in jail.
These unpublished letters were to form part of the 100 volumes of the collected works of Mahatma Gandhi. Devdas Gandhi had desired to compile these letters himself and publish them with his own notes. However, his death in 1957 stalled the project. The intimate letters include Bapu’s editing instruction to Devdas on certain articles as well as Kasturba remembering Devdas and expressing her desire to meet him.