When the silver jubilee clock tower was built in 1927 to mark 25 years of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar’s rule, the then Maharaja sent an invitation to Mahatma Gandhi to inaugurate the iconic structure.
But, the Mahatma, who was in Bengaluru at that time, had completed his tour of Mysuru region and expressed his inability to return to the city for the inauguration, said historian N.S. Rangaraju.
But, Pandit Motilal Nehru, noted lawyer, also the father of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, came to Bengaluru to discuss with Mahatma Gandhi a case he had to argue in London.
