&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "Mahatma Gandhi's handwritten notes sell for record rs 16.2 crore | GRAVITAS")
A remarkable piece of mahatma Gandhi's personal history has set a new auction record. With his handwritten words selling for rs 16.2 crore or about 1.69 million u.S. Dollars. The collection contains 688 handwritten reflections mahatama Gandhi sent to his close associate and freedom fighter Anand T. Hingorani.
The mumbai-based auction house saffron-art says the sale marks a world record for an Indian historical document sold at auction. Gandhi wrote the notes over two years after the death of Hingorani's wife, vidya.
These messages offered personal guidance, encouragement and reflections on how to live. The writings explore ideas central to Gandhi's philosophy truth, non-violence, service, duty, fearlessness , prayer, self-discipline, religious equality and the search for god.
The family later compiled the notes into a book called a thought for the day. The collection gives an unusually close view of Gandhi. It captures not just the leader who shaped India's freedom movement but also the private man who counselled, consoled and challenged people close to him.
The buyer's identity remains private, but the auction house says the purchaser is from India and the manuscript will remain in the country. The auction featured 86 lots from the hingorani family archive including letters, photographs and personal objects accumulated over more than two decades.
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A three-piece group titled "Message on god" exploring Gandhi's thoughts on god and the Bhagavad Gita sold for rs 1.68 crore, or about $175,000. His box spinning wheel, accompanied by two letters on the spiritual discipline of spinning fetched rs 1.02 crore, or about $107,000.
A signed photograph of Gandhi writing sold for rs 78 lakh or roughly $81,500 while letters, telegrams and postcards concerning economic independence brought rs 57.6 lakh, or about $60,000.
Together, these artefacts perhaps offer something rare a glimpse into Gandhi's beliefs not through speeches or history books but through his own handwriting and his most personal exchanges.