A document in Indian archives from the 1930s states that Gandhi received 100 rupees per month from the British for personal expenses while he was in Yeravda Central Prison. At that time, 10 grams of gold was worth ₹18, and ₹100 was about ₹3 lakhs today, meaning Gandhi got ₹3 lakhs monthly. The question arises: while revolutionaries were imprisoned and executed, why did the British pay Gandhi so much? Gandhi had a motor car and a telephone at the Sevagram Ashram, and high-ranking British officials visited him. When Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru were sentenced to death, Gandhi was pressured to intervene, but he refused, and the revolutionaries rejected his offer, went to their deaths laughing, and protests against Gandhi erupted. A British officer later stated Gandhi could have stopped the executions, but instead appeared to incite them, claiming violence isn't the solution.
