"War Resisters International Gandhi stamp" [Temp.2024.5.16]

Catalogue Number
Temp.2024.5.16

Object Name
stamp

Title
gandhi - mohandas karamchand gandhi cetenary 2.10.1869-2.10.1969

Place
India

People
Gandhi, Mohandas; International War Resisters

Events
Indian Independence

Date
1969

Description
Small white stamp with a photograph of Gandhi smiling. Text reads "gandhi - mohandas karamchand gandhi cetenary 2.10.1869-2.10.1969". Along the bottom edge reads "war resisters international 3 caledonian rd london n1 england".


Founded in the Netherlands in 1921, War Resisters International (WRI) is a global pacifist and antimilitarist organisation working in 40 countries to campaign against wars and promote and educate on nonviolence. Gandhi was among several high-profile members of WRI, which worked closely with the Indian independence movement from the 1920s-40s.

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