UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who arrived in India on Thursday for a two-day strategic trip, paid a visit to the famous Sabarmati Ashram. The global leader was accompanied by Gujarat CM Bhupesh Patel.
The UK Prime Minister left a warm message in the Sabarmati Ashram visitor’s book, which is an Indian tradition, hailing Mahatma Gandhi’s values that set India apart.
“It is an immense privilege to come to the Ashram of this extraordinary man, and to understand how he mobilised such simple principles of truth and non-violence to change the world for the better”, the leader wrote.
Johnson, who is in Gujarat for the first time, also spun charkha in the Sabarmati Ashram. It’s a way of paying homage to the Father of the Nation, who was a staunch supporter of the use of Khadi and Charka.
The Sabarmati Ashram administration will present UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson with a copy of ‘Guide to London,’ one of the first few books written by Mahatma Gandhi but never published.
Apart from that, ‘The Spirit’s Pilgrimage,’ the autobiography of Madeleine Slade or Mirabehn, who became Mahatma Gandhi’s disciple, will be given to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson during his visit by Sabarmati Ashram.
Madeleine Slade or Mirabehn was the daughter of the British Rear-Admiral Sir Edmond Slade.
It is also one of two books written by Mahatma Gandhi that were never published.