In July 1914, he left for India from Cape Town on a ship. The journey went through England, where it landed just days after the first World War had broken out. Since he was German, he was detained and sent to the Isle of Man for internment. Later, as part of an exchange of prisoners, he was sent to Germany.
On this journey, he had been accompanying someone. Who were these two people?
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The German was Hermann Kallenbach and he was accompanying M.K.Gandhi on his return to India. Their relationship was the subject of some controversy after the release of a recent book by Joseph Lelyveld called
"Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India".