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Charles Freer Andrews (1871 - 1940) was an English priest who admired the philosophy of Mohandas Gandhi and worked with him in the Indian civil rights struggle in South Africa and in the Indian Independence Movement. He was affectionately known as Christ's Faithful Apostle; the Mahatma and his students at St. Stephen's College called him Deenabandhu, or 'Friend of the Poor'. 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी), called Mahatma Gandhi, was the charismatic leader who brought the cause of Indias independence from British colonial rule to world attention. ...
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Early life Charles Andrews was born in Carlisle, England. His father was a minister in the Catholic Apostolic Church in Birmingham, but the family had suffered from a financial misfortune due to the duplicity of a friend, and had to work very hard to make ends meet. Carlisle is a city in the extreme northwest of England, some 16 km from the border with Scotland. ...
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Andrews studied at King Edward's School, Birmingham and began studying Classics at Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1896, Andrews became a deacon, and took over the Pembroke College Mission in South London. A year later he became a priest, and became the Vice Principal of the Westcott House Theological College in Cambridge. King Edwards School King Edwards School (KES) (Grid reference SP052836) is an independent secondary school in Birmingham, England, founded by King Edward VI in 1552. ...
Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. ...
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In India See also: Indian Independence Movement The Indian independence movement consisted of efforts by India to obtain political independence from British, French and Portuguese rule; it involved a wide spectrum of Indian political organizations, philosophies, and rebellions between 1857 and Indias independence on August 15, 1947. ...
Andrews had been involved in the Christian Social Union since college, and was interested in exploring the relationship between a commitment to the gospel and a commitment to justice, through which he was attracted to struggles for justice throughout the British Empire, especially in India. The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU – ) is a conservative Germany. ...
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In 1904 he joined the Cambridge Brotherhood in Delhi and taught philosophy at St. Stephen's College, where he grew close to many of his Indian colleagues and students. Increasingly dismayed by the racist behavior and treatment of Indians by British officials and civilians, he supported Indian political aspirations, and wrote a letter in the Civil and Military Gazette in 1906 voicing these sentiments. Andrews became involved in the Indian National Congress, and in 1913 helped resolve the cotton worker's strike in Madras. St. ...
Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party or Congress (I), abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ...
Madras refers to: the Indian city of Chennai, formerly known as Madras, the former Indian state, now known as Tamil Nadu (Plural of Madra): Ancient people of Iranian affinites, who lived in northwest Panjab in the Uttarapatha division of ancient India. ...
With Gandhi He was asked by senior Indian political leader Gopal Krishna Gokhale to visit South Africa, to help the Indian community there resolve their political disputes with the Government. There he met a young Gujarati lawyer, Mohandas Gandhi who was attempting to organize the Natal Indian Congress and the Indian community against racial discrimination and harsh police legislation that tore away their civil liberties. Gopal Krishna Gokhale (गोपाल कृषà¥â€à¤£ गोखले) was born on May 9, 1866, in Kolhat, Maharashtra, and he became one of the most learned men in India, a leader of social and political reformists and one of the earliest, founding leaders of the Indian Independence Movement. ...
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी), called Mahatma Gandhi, was the charismatic leader who brought the cause of Indias independence from British colonial rule to world attention. ...
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Andrews was deeply impressed with Gandhi's knowledge of Christian values, and his value in ahimsa, non-violence which tallied with Christian anarchism. He helped Gandhi organize the Ashram, and publish The Indian Opinion. Ahimsa is a religious concept which advocates non-violence and a respect for all life. ...
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Andrews returned to India with Gandhi in 1916 and continued working closely with Gandhi. He was elected President of the All India Trade Union in 1925 and 1927. He accompanied Gandhi to the Round Table Conference in London, helping him negotiate with the British. First Round Table Conference was held in November 1930 was attended by eighty-nine delegates from different religious, political groups and princely states. ...
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While working for independence for India, Andrews developed a dialogue between Christians and Hindus. He spent a lot of time at Santiniketan in conversation with the poet and philosopher, Rabindranath Tagore. He also supported the movement to ban the ‘untouchability of outcastes’. In 1925, he joined the famous Vaikkom Temple protests, and in 1933, he assisted Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in formulating Harijan demands. Santiniketan (Bangla:শানà§à¦¤à¦¿à¦¨à¦¿à¦•à§‡à¦¤à¦¨) is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, and approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). ...
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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (April 14, 1891 or 1892 - December 6, 1956) was the most prominent Indian Untouchable leader of the 20th century. ...
In South Asias caste system, an untouchable, dalit, or achuta is a person outside of the four castes, and considered below them. ...
In Fiji When news reached India, through the writings of Christian missionaries J.W. Burton, Hannah Dudley, and R. Piper and a returned indentured labourer, Totaram Sanadhya, of the mistreatment of Indian indentured labourers in Fiji, the Indian Government, in September 1915, sent C.F. Andrews and W.W. Pearson to make inquiries. The two visited numerous plantations and interviewed indentured labourers, overseers and Government officials and on their return to India also interviewed returned labourers. In their report, titled "Report on Indentured Labour in Fiji", Andrews and Pearson highlighted the ills of the indenture system which led to a stop to further transportation of Indian labour to the British colonies. ...
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Andrews made a second visit to Fiji in 1917 and although reported on some improvements, was still appalled at the moral degradation of the indentured labourers. He called for an immediate end to indenture and the system if Indian indentured labour was formally abolished in 1920. 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ...
In 1936, while on a visit to Australia and New Zealand, Andrews was invited to and visited Fiji again. The ex-indentured labourers and their descendents wanted him to help them overcome a new type of slavery by which they were bound to the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, which controlled all aspects of their lives. Andrews, however, was delighted with the improvements in conditions since the last visit and asked Fiji Indians to "remember that Fiji belonged to the Fijians and they were there as guests." 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Indo-Fijians are people born in Fiji, but are ethnically Indian. ...
Later life About this time, Gandhi took Andrews aside and told him that it was probably best for sympathetic Britons like himself to leave the freedom struggle to the Indians. So from 1935 onwards, Andrews began to spend more time back in Britain, teaching young people all over the country about Christ’s call to radical discipleship. Over time, C.F. Andrews became affectionately known as Christ’s Faithful Apostle.
Charlie Andrews died on April 5th, 1940 during a visit to Calcutta, and is buried there. He is widely commemorated and respected in India, and was a major character portrayed by British actor Ian Charleson in the 1982 film Gandhi by Richard Attenborough. April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ...
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
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Ian Charleson (August 11, 1949 – January 6, 1990) was a Scottish actor. ...
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See also - Gandhi (1982), Richard Attenborough
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