4:41 am - Friday March 29, 2024

Mahatma Gandhi’s `charkha` sells for 110,000 pounds at UK auction

588 Viewed News Editor Comments Off on Mahatma Gandhi’s `charkha` sells for 110,000 pounds at UK auction
Nation pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 66th death anniversary
Nation pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 66th death anniversary

London – Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi’s symbolic spinning wheel, also called ‘charkha’ in Hindi, has been sold at a UK auction for about 110,000 pounds.

Gandhi, who considered spinning a form of meditation, had given the spinning wheel to an American Free Methodist missionary in 1935, the BBC reported.

Auctioneers Mullock’s said that the spinning wheel had been sold to an anonymous phone bidder in Shropshire.

Richard Westwood-Brookes from the auction house said that the price paid for the ‘charkha’ had “exceeded expectations,” as it’s guide price was between 60,000 pounds and 80,000 pounds.

Don't miss the stories followIndiaVision India News & Information and let's be smart!
Loading...
0/5 - 0
You need login to vote.
Filed in
`Depressed` Indian IT worker quits for being paid too high a salary!

`Depressed` Indian IT worker quits for being paid too high a salary!

UN, India push for presidential re-vote in Maldives

UN, India push for presidential re-vote in Maldives

Related posts