Gandhi’s heroic image in South Africa was actively manufactured and rewritten

Evidence

In order for Gandhi to be a South African hero, it became necessary to rescue him from his past, and rewrite it. Gandhi himself began that project. Some writers of history completed it. Towards the end of Gandhi’s stay in South Africa, the first few biographies had spread the news, and things were moving fast on the messiah front. The young Reverend Charles Freer Andrews travelled to South Africa and fell on his knees when he met Gandhi at the Durban dock. Andrews, who became a lifelong devotee, went on to suggest that Gandhi, the leader of the “humblest, the lowliest and lost”, was a living avatar of Christ’s spirit. Europeans and Americans vied with each other to honour him. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 268

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Gandhi’s heroic image required actively rewriting his South African past. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 268; Gandhi’s Indian reputation retroactively made him a South African Indian hero — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 267; Gandhi retroactively reframed his pro-colonial military service after turning anti-British — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 205 (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Gandhi’s heroic image required actively rewriting his South African past. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 268; Gandhi’s Indian reputation retroactively made him a South African Indian hero — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 267; Gandhi retroactively reframed his pro-colonial military service after turning anti-British — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 205 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Gandhi’s heroic image required actively rewriting his South African past. #corroborates (1.00) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 268