Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi set his foot on Bengaluru for the first time on 8th May 1915, he was yet to be called Mahatma, but he wasn't an unknown name in Bengaluru. Gandhi's first visit to the city months after he returned to India from South Africa, is a tale punctuated with a display of simplicity.
Following his political guru Gopal Krishna Gokhale's advice, Gandhi was then touring the country to learn about its realities before plunging into politics. During that time, renowned Kannada writer and political activist DV Gundappa's (DVG) request that Gandhi inaugurate the Mysore Social Service League - created based on Gokhale's nationalist principles — brought him to the city, says historian Vemagal Somashekar.
A Special Cover was released to mark Centenary Year of Mahatma Gandhiji's first visit to Bengaluru at the function organized at Gyana Jyothi Auditorium, Bengaluru by Karnataka Chief Minister Shri Siddaramaiah in presence of Ministers Shri R. Roshan Baig, Shri H.K. Patil, Smt. Umashree, Chairman of Karnataka Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi (R.) Dr. H. Srinivasaiah, Chief Postmaster General, Karnataka Postal Circle Shri M. S. Ramanujan and others. (Special Cover approval no. KTK/40/2015)
Courtesy: Suresh Rao, Bengaluru
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