ABSTRACT
At the time of Gandhi's assassination the Muslims of East Africa were calling for separate electorates and separate seats in the territorial legislatures, and in June they were to resign from the congress. In subsequent years the date of Gandhi's assassination was to be observed as a day of mourning, and the date of his birth as a day of celebration. The establishment of the Gandhi memorial that led to the University of Nairobi can be traced to a meeting of the standing committee of the Congress on 5-6 February 1948 when a decision was made to erect an appropriate memorial. Sir Philip Mitchell had forwarded the report to the secretary of state for the colonies, who had referred it to his Advisory Committee for Colonial Colleges of Arts, Science, and Technology. Some members questioned the goal of establishing a college, and there was uncertainty as to the government's intentions.
