Gandhi was first honoured by the British Empire before becoming an anti-imperial icon

Evidence

In 1915, Gandhi returned to India via London where he was awarded something far better than the Queen’s chocolate. For his services to the British Empire, he was honoured with the Kaiser-e-Hind Gold Medal for Public Service, presented to him by Lord Hardinge of Penshurst. (He returned it in 1920 before the first national Non-Cooperation Movement.) Honoured thus, he arrived in India fitted out as the Mahatma—Great Soul—who had fought racism and imperialism and had stood up for the rights of Indian workers in South Africa. He was forty-six years old. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 269

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Gandhi retroactively reframed his pro-colonial military service after turning anti-British — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 205; Gandhi returned from South Africa honored by the British Empire as Mahatma.
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Gandhi retroactively reframed his pro-colonial military service after turning anti-British — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 205; Gandhi returned from South Africa honored by the British Empire as Mahatma.

Broader Connections

• Gandhi returned from South Africa honored by the British Empire as Mahatma. #corroborates (0.95)