<i>Important Gandhi letter goes under hammer </i>

A letter written by Mahatma Gandhi, described as “an incredibly important document in world history”, is to be auctioned in Britain next week. However, given its significance, its low floor price — between £10,000 and £15,000 — has surprised collectors.
In the three-page typed letter, which he wrote to the colonial British authorities while under house arrest at the Aga Khan Palace in Pune in 1943, Gandhiji demanded his and followers' release arguing that it was “unthinkable” that “thousands of men and women should be kept in detention on mere suspicion” while millions were suffering from “preventable starvation and thousands are dying of it”. He accused the British authorities of wasting “public funds” on keeping him under house arrest when they could be used to provide relief.
The letter is signed and dated: Detention Camp, October 26th 1943.