The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi/Volume 1/1894

1894
Guide to London (1893-94)

Fragment of a Petition (1894)
An Indian member of the British House of Commons, should he come here, would not be fit for becoming a voter. We thank your Honour for receiving this deputation, and the patience and courtesy shown us, and implore you to use your Honour's powerful influence to see full justice is done to Indians. It is justice we want, and that only.

From a photostat: S.N. 881

Drafted a petition regarding the Franchise Law Amendment


 * 1 1894 a Franchise Law Amendment Bill, which deprived British Indians of any voting rights, had been introduced in the Natal Assembly (vide Vol. I). The petition of which this fragment formed part was presumably submitted in that year to someone in authority, who cannot be identified.

Diary (1894)
  