Charles Freer Andrews | |
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 Charles Freer Andrews 1971 stamp of India | |
| Born | 12 February 1871 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England |
| Died | 5 April 1940 (aged 69) |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Anglican priest, missionary, educator, social reformer |
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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".