Garland worn by Gandhi opens for bids in UK
The Daily Guardian|December 13, 2024
A tinselled garland presented to and worn by Mahatma Gandhi during the iconic Dandi March of the Indian freedom struggle in 1930 remains open for bids after it failed to meet its GBP 20-30,000 guide price estimate at a UK auction this week.
Garland worn by Gandhi opens for bids in UK

The garland, in folded paper wrappers inscribed in Gujarati, is said to have been presented as the Salt March passed near the Ahmedabad home of Gandhi's personal physician Dr Balvantrai N Kanuga and was offered by his wife, Nanduben Kanuga. It came up for auction as part of an 'Islamic and Indian Art' sale by Lyon & Turnbull in London on Wednesday.

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