Charles Freer Andrews
- Andrews, C. F.
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- Andrews, Charles Freer
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- Male
- Date of birth
- 1871-02-12
- Place of birth
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Date of death
- 1940-04-05
- Place of death
- Kolkata
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Charles Freer Andrews (12 February 1871 – 5 April 1940) was an Anglican priest and Christian missionary, educator and social reformer, and an activist for Indian independence. He became a close friend of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi and identified with the Indian liberation struggle. He was instrumental in convincing Gandhi to return to India from South Africa, where Gandhi had been a leading light in the Indian civil rights struggle.
Andrews was affectionately dubbed Christ's Faithful Apostle by Gandhi, based on his initials, C. F. A. For his contributions to the Indian independence movement, Gandhi and his students at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, named him Deenabandhu, or "Friend of the Poor".
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Charles Freer Andrews was a priest of the Church of England and an activist for Indian independence.Last modified: 2020-12-04 (revision #46097)
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