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Cover Story | Gandhi@150: Gandhi in London

Student Supplicant Politician Statesman

London played both active and passive roles in Gandhi’s life. It was where he became a man and a lawyer, and where he first played high-stakes politics. British law shaped him; the orderly part of his system was based squarely on the idea of staying within the law, and expecting your opponents to do the same

Mahatma Gandhi’s statue, Tavistock Square, London (Photo: Alamy)