London (AFP) - A spinning wheel used by Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi when he was in prison in the 1920s is up for auction in Britain on Tuesday.
Gandhi used the wheel, called a charkha in Hindi, to make his own clothes while he was imprisoned by the British colonial government of India for two years, auctioneers Mullock's said in a statement.
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