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Portrait believed to be only one Gandhi sat for sells for Rs 1.7 crore at Bonhams

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A rare oil painting of Mahatma Gandhi by British artist Clare Leighton fetched £152,800 (Rs 1.7 crore) at a Bonhams online auction. The portrait, believed to be the only one Gandhi ever sat for, tripled its estimate. Leighton met Gandhi in London in 1931 during the Second Round Table Conference.

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