1. Mahatma Gandhi's handwritten notes fetch ₹16.2 crore in record Mumbai auction

Mahatma Gandhi's handwritten notes fetch ₹16.2 crore in record Mumbai auction

India

  • Mahatma Gandhi's handwritten notes sold for Rs 16.2 crore at a Mumbai auction, a record for an Indian document.
  • The collection has 688 handwritten messages on non-violence, truth and self-restraint from 1944 to 1946.
  • Auction house Saffronart held the sale from the collection of freedom fighter Anand T Hingorani.
  • The lot also featured Gandhi's Peti Charkha spinning wheel, West End Watch, letters and photographs.

Source: theprint.in

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