Sir,

This is in response to Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy’s write-up on Gandhiji’s visit to Bangalore in SOM dated Sept. 7. This is to share one more information with the readers.

The bungalow that Gandhiji stayed in Bangalore was the Kumarakrupa. Gandhiji also made a visit to look up Mir Hamza Hussain, the former Inspector General of Police and the member of the Council of the Princely State of Mysore, at his Binfield residence, No. 87, Richmond Road, Bangalore -25. This was a visit to look up Hamza Hussain who was unwell at that time.

Sajjad Hussain, the grandson of Mir Hamza Hussain, recalls the visit. The family had placed a chair next to the patient’s bed for Gandhiji. But he chose to sit on the bed. The topic of discussion was the Dalit movement which was in its peak.

Mrs. Hamza Hussain handed over the gold bangles she was wearing to Gandhiji for the cause. The grandson also told me that his father, Mir Iqbal Hussain, who was the Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka, had written about this in the Deccan Herald long ago.

Prof. Shakira Khan, Teacher Fellow, Department of Political Science, Kuvempu University, Shimoga 

14.9.2014

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Voice of the Reader / September 17th,  2014