- Letters between Mahatma Gandhi and Hermann Kallenbach are said to shed light on their 'loving relationship'
- They are among archive of documents which cover Gandhi's time in South Africa, his return to India and his contentious relationship with his family
- Papers were due to have been auctioned at Sotheby's in London this week
A year after a controversial biography of Mahatma Gandhi proved that he was bisexual and left his wife to live with a German-Jewish bodybuilder, the Indian government has bought a collection of letters which is between the two men days before they were to be auctioned.
India paid around £700,000 (60million rupees) for those letters, which cover Gandhi's time in South Africa, his return to India and his contentious relationship with his family.
The auction was to be held at Soother's in London on Tuesday but was called off at the last minute.

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