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| Charlie Chaplin and M.K. Gandhi at the house of Dr Katial in Beckton Road, Canning Town. |
Gandhi arrived in Britain in September 1931.Charlie Chaplin was also in London at the time.
The only opportunity was while Gandhi was visiting a doctor friend not far from Kingsley Hall in the East End. Crowds had gathered to follow Gandhi and more crowds were there to see Chaplin. It was only a brief meeting - but they made the front pages of the newspapers.
The film-maker Richard Attenborough came to the Kingsley Hall later to shoot scenes for his 1982 biopic of Gandhi.
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