# Mr. Chamberlain — The Story of My Experiments with Truth character guide

> Mr. Chamberlain in The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The late Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Chamberlain, Chamberlain

**First appearance:** 0058-part-iii-ii-the-storm

## Who they are

British Colonial Secretary who met with Indian delegations.

## In the story

### [The Test](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-iii-iii-the-test)

Cables Natal government to prosecute Gandhi's assailants.

### [Love's Labour's Lost?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-iv-i-love-s-labour-s-lost)

Visits South Africa to secure a gift of 35 million pounds; gives a dismissive reply to the Indian deputation, advising them to placate Europeans.

### [Autocrats from Asia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-iv-ii-autocrats-from-asia)

The British official whom Gandhi and the Indian community seek to meet, but the Asiatic Department prevents Gandhi from doing so.

### [Pocketed the Insult](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-iv-iii-pocketed-the-insult)

Refuses to see Gandhi and later refers to his exclusion in a reply to the deputation.

### [Treatment of Pleurisy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-iv-xlii-treatment-of-pleurisy)

Not present in this chapter.

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