The British Labour leader Stafford Cripps wrote a letter in red ink, wishing Gandhi on his ‘double-seven’ birthday on behalf of his wife Isobel and himself. Since Gandhi had ‘devoted so many years’ to the freedom of his people, remarked Cripps, he must be happy that ‘at last Jawaharlal, Vallabh[bh]ai, and others are where they ought to be, at the head of Indian Government. A few short steps and the final act will have been completed and then we can all rejoice together in the accomplishment of Indian Freedom.’ The file in the Gandhi Papers containing these letters from the Great Men of History
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