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The Tunku—
Leader with the
Gandhian Touch
(S. Durai Raja Singam)
On October 2nd of 1962, the birthday anniversary of
Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Indian Nation, the Tunku,
the Father of the Malaysian Nation, left on a three-week goodwill
trip which took him to various parts of the Indian sub-continent
It was a happy augury for the success of the Tunku's
mission and for the strengthening of Malaya's friendship with
India and Pakistan.
Again on October 29th, the Tunku paid homage to the
Mahatma at Rajghat where Gandhiji was cremated by laying
a wreath of flowers.
The Mahatma and the Tunku are men of two different
moulds. But they have very much in common. And this
applies to spheres other than their dedicated service to the
cause of freedom.
The Mahatma — the Tunku. Both are house-holds words.
Both have cut a niche in the hall of fame.
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Gandhi's name will be cherished not only by Indians but by all who
love freedom. He has been the fount of our inspiration in our fight
for freedom—Tunku Abdul Rahman.