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Gandhi sandal auction will go ahead

03/03/2009

A New York auction of objects once owned by Mahatma Gandhi, including a pair of leather sandals, is likely to go ahead in spite of protests in India.The sale of items by Antiquorum Auctioneers is scheduled for March 5 but commentators in India, including Gandhi’s family, have suggested that the sale is something of an insult to the memory of the...

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