Gandhi @ Kingsley Hall


Mahatma Gandhi was associated with Kingsley Hall over a number of years. In particular, he stayed at Kingsley Hall, Bow, London when he was attending the Roundtable Conference in 1931 Pathe Newsreel: GANDHI'S LONDON HOME IN THE EAST END He famously met with Charlie Chaplin nearby My father, Bill Saville, met Gandhi when he was 11, and wrote a short essay about him which was syndicated in newspapers across India. (below) In the English sequence (black and white) in Richard Attenborough's film about Gandhi, you can see "Gandhi" outside Kingsley Hall, Bow. Gandhi's bodyguard was my Great Uncle Walter Fuller Gandhi In The East End 15/06/2007

The plaque recording Gandhi's stay here in 1931


The "cell" on the roof where he stayed. The next room is the office of the The Gandhi Foundation
Photo: Bill Saville	March 6, 2009
The roof garden where he spent time in prayer

The spinning wheel he used, here on display KH Bow Nov 29, 2008	A bust which is inside the Hall
	The plaque commemorating the re-opening of Kingsley Hall, Bow
Bill's essay which was published across India . This is a copy as it was recorded in the book: "The Nation's Voice" by C Rajagopalachar and J C Kumarappa published AHMEDABAD, 1932

Gandhi visited the home of my Grandparents (another Bill & Emily Saville) and this is recorded in Muriel Lester's autobiography, "It Occurred to Me". This is dad's copy suitably annotated.

Please also see the links to: Kingsley Hall Dagenham The Archive Project Archive Website

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