Scotland First Minister John Swinney presented copies of four letters Gandhi wrote to Lord Lothian in the 1930s to the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. (Picture credit: Sabarmati Ashram_

THE SABARMATI Ashram in Ahmedabad got a valuable addition to its archives on Saturday when head of Government of Scotland and First Minister John Swinney presented copies of four letters that Mahatma Gandhi wrote to Philip Kerr, the 11th Marquess of Lothian popularly known as Lord Lothian, in the 1930s that discuss the formation of the Indian Federation and non-violence.

The letters were presented to the Sabarmati Ashram Preservation and Memorial Trust (SAPMT) on Saturday in the presence of trustee Nitin Shukla and I P Gautam, who leads the Mahatma Gandhi Sabarmati Ashram Memorial Trust (MGSAMT) that is overseeing the project to redevelop the Gandhi Ashram.

Lord Lothian was the Under Secretary of State to India for a period during British rule and had played a leading role in the creation of the Indian Federation.

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