Charl crous biography of mahatma
Mahatma Gandhi: His Life and Ideas (SkyLight Lives).
Charles Freer Andrews
Christian missionary in India, close friend of Mahatma Gandhi
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Charl crous biography of mahatma
For the Heroes character, see Charlie Andrews (Heroes).
Charles Freer Andrews (12 February 1871 – 5 April 1940) was an Anglican priest and Christian missionary, educator and social reformer, and an activist for Indian independence.
He became a close friend of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi and identified with the Indian liberation struggle. He was instrumental in convincing Gandhi to return to India from South Africa, where Gandhi had been a leading light in the Indian civil rights struggle.
Andrews was affectionately dubbed Christ's Faithful Apostle by Gandhi, based on his initials, C. F. A. For his contributions to the Indian independence movement, Gandhi and his students at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, named him Deenabandhu, or "Friend of the Poor".
Early life
Charles Freer Andrews was born on 12 February 1871 at 14 Brunel Ter