Most Indians revere him as the "father of the nation". The portrait was made when Gandhi went to London in 1931 for the second Round Table conference, held to discuss constitutional reforms for India ...

A rare 1931 oil portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, painted during his visit to London for the Second Round Table Conference, sold for £152,800 (approx. ₹1.75 crore) at a Bonhams auction—more than double its ...

Clare Leighton’s 1931 portrait, held in her private collection for decades, sold at Bonhams for £152,800. It captures a rare ...

The painting had never been up for auction before and is believed to be the only oil portrait for which Mahatma Gandhi sat.

Mahatma Gandhi can be seen during the second Round Table Conference in London, UK November 1931. Dinodia Photos/Alamy Stock Photo London’s religious spaces also played their part.