With all these PJs about Kerala, Somalia and Po Mone, it is interesting to find something from the 1930s showing Gandhi’s connection with a Somali warder in his jail. Somalia was also a British colony then.
I vaguely remember reading this as one of the stories in 6th or 7th standard. Typically for those times, English and Hindi textbooks in CBSE schools had numerous stories involving Gandhi and others who may not be so popular now.
Anyway, the story was similar to this:
http://www.gandhiashramsevagram.org/gandhi-katha/self-imposed-discipline.php
Apart from that, there are some ladies from eastern India with the name Somali.
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