A Frank Friendship

Mohandas Karamchand GandhiS First Visit To Bengal Was On 4 July 1896 When He Disembarked In Calcutta While On A Visit From South Africa. Lord Elgin Was Viceroy And Governor General Of India. His Last Visit To Calcutta Commenced Shortly Before 15 August 1947 The Day India Became Free. Through This Meticulous Compilation Of Newspaper Reports Letters Excerpts From Contemporary Accounts And GandhiS Own Writings And The Extensive Annotations That Bring To Light Many Known And Unknown Characters And Events Of The Time As Well As Accounts Of GandhiS Interactions With The Greats Of Bengal Such As Rabindranath Tagore Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das And The Impactful Bose Brothers That Reveal Tehir Extraordinary Personalities We See A Man Continually Evolving As A Politician And A Strategist In The Struggle Against Colonialism An Organizer Of MassStruggles And Of Individual Initiatives Mainly His Own. Running Through The Text As It Does Through GandhiS Thoughts Prayers Decisions And Extensive Travels Is The Pulse Of The People Of Bengal A People Whose Manifold Talents And Perspectives Set Them At The Heart Of Renascent India.