Mahatma Gandhi – His Chronology (कालक्रम) 1940

Published on January 28, 2013 in Biographies

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Year	Month	Day	Event / Incident
1940	January	On or before 2	Sent cable to Isment Inonu expressing sampathy on earthquake in Turkey.
1940	January	Before 6	Had discussion with Christian missionaries.
1940	January	Before 7	Gave interview to an English reporter.
1940	January	On or before 8	Sent condolences on lala Shamlal's death. Sent condolences to Hirday Nath Kanuzru on Venkatasubbiah's death.
1940	January	8	In Harijan paid tribute to Venkatasubbiah.
1940	January	9 and 10	Had discussion with Bhai Paramanand.
1940	January	13	Met C. Rajagopalachari.
1940	January	Before 15	Had discussion with English Pacifists.
1940	January	15	Had discussion with Rajendra Prasad and C. Rajagopalachari.
1940	January	15	In Harijan congratulated M.A. Jinnah on forming pact with other political parties.
1940	January	17	Expressed doubt in letter to Lord Linlithgow whether time had "arrived for our meeting" in view of interviews the Viceroy had with Bhulabhai Desai, K. M. Munshi and B. G. Kher.
1940	January	19	Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.
1940	January	20	Had discussion with Bengal leaders.
1940	January	20	C.W.C. meeting continued.
1940	January	21	C.W.C. session concluded.
1940	January	22	Gandhiji had discussion with Subhas Chandra Bose.
1940	January	23	Wrote to Lord Linlithgow that he could reach Delhi and day after February 4.
1940	January	25	Through Press issued warning against sale and purchase of uncertified khadi.
1940	January	26	Independence Day celebrated.
1940	January	Before 27	Gandhi sent message to All-India Womens Conference.
1940	January	31	Gave interview to Holmes Smith.
1940	February	3	Left Wardha for Delhi.
1940	February	3	En route gave interview to Associate Press at Nagpur.
1940	February	4	Reached Delhi.
1940	February	4	Met Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan.
1940	February	5	Had interview with Viceroy at 11 a.m.
1940	February	5	Government communique on interview issued in evening.
1940	February	6	Gave statement to Press about difference between Congress demand and Vicergal offer.
1940	February	6	Left Delhi for Wardha.
1940	February	6	En route gave interview to Press at Jhansi.
1940	February	7	Sent cable to The News Cronicle.
1940	February	7	Cabled statement to The Daily Herald, London.
1940	February	7	Sent message to mill-workers, Ahmedabad.
1940	February	8	Had discussion with Gulzarilal Nanda.
1940	February	9	Gave interview to Harbans Singh.
1940	February	14	Issued statement to the Press on Zetlands interview to The Sunday Times.
1940	February	15	Left Wardha in evening.
1940	February	17	Reached Calcutta in morning; later proceeded to Santiniketan.
1940	February	17	At Santiniketan spoke in reply to address in afternoon.
1940	February	18	Visited Sriniketan.
1940	February	18	Had discussion with Rabindranath Tagore. Attended drammatic performance of "Chandalika".
1940	February	On or before 10	Had discussion with Pacifists.
1940	February	19	Left Santiniketan.
1940	February	19	Reached Calcutta in afternoon.
1940	February	19	Visited C.F. Andrews at Presidency General Hospital.
1940	February	19	Called on N.R. Sarkar.
1940	February	19	Left Calcutta at night.
1940	February	20	Reached Malikanda.
1940	February	20	Opened Khadi and Village Industries Exhibition; Visited injured volunteers at hospital.
1940	February	20	Made will in favour of "Navjivan" about copyrights of his writings.
1940	February	21	Addressed Gandhi Seva Sangh and advised it to give up politics.
1940	February	22	Spoke at Gandhi Seva Sangh meeting.
1940	February	22	Gandhi Seva Sangh passed resolution eschewing politics and confining itself to constructive programme.
1940	February	24	Spoke at Bengal Workers Conference.
1940	February	24	Addressed Bengal women workers.
1940	February	25	Spoke at public meeting.
1940	February	25	Left Malikanda.
1940	February	26	Reached Calcutta.
1940	February	26	Sent message to people of Manipur.
1940	February	27
1940	February	27	Gave message to Press for Bengal.
1940	February	27	Left for Patna.
1940	February	28	Reached Patna.
1940	February	28	Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.
1940	February	28	Had discussion with Socialists.
1940	February	29	C.W.C. meeting continued.
1940	February	29	Bengal Provincial Congress committee suspended.
1940	March	1	Gandhi attended C.W.C. meeting.
1940	March	1	Met Scheduled Caste representatives.
1940	March	1	C.W.C. approved resolution to launch civil disobedience as soon as organization was considered fit enough or "in case circumstances so shaped themselves as to precipitate a crisis" and recommended it for Congress session at Ramgarh.
1940	March	2	Gandhi reached Calcutta.
1940	March	2	Issued statement to Press on Patna Resolution clarifying that Congress had not closed door on negotiation but it could not be on Zetlands terms.
1940	March	3	Arrived in Segaon.
1940	March	5	Notified in Harijan change of name from Segaon to Sevagram.
1940	March	7	Jayaprakash Narayan was arrested.
1940	March	Before 12	Gandhi had discussion with a missionary.
1940	March	12	Had discussion with Christian missionaries.
1940	March	12	Left for Ramgarh in evening.
1940	March	13	Sir Michael ODwyer shot dead and Zetland, Lamington and Sir Louis Dane wounded in London.
1940	March	14	At Ramgarh Gandhi opened khadi and village Industries Exhibition.
1940	March	14	Issued statement to the Press condemning Michael ODwyers assassination.
1940	March	14	Sent condolences to Michael ODwyers family.
1940	March	15 and 16	Attended Subject Committee Meeting.
1940	March	18	Addressed Subject Committee.
1940	March	18	Spoke at Exhibition.
1940	March	19	At Ranchi opened Thakkar Bhavan and Industrial Home at Harijans and Aborigines in morning.
1940	March	19	Returned to Ramgarh.
1940	March	19	Gave interview to Associate Press.
1940	March	20	Spoke at Congress session.
1940	March	20	Gave interview to Ceylonese National Congress delegation.
1940	March	20	Patna resolution passed.
1940	March	21	On way to Wardha.
1940	March	22	Arrived at Wardha in morning.
1940	March	22	At All-India Muslim Leagues session at Lahore M.A. Jinnah suggested division of India "into autonomous national States".
1940	March	26	In Harijan Gandhi refused M.A. Jinnahs allegation that Congress was a Hindu organization.
1940	March	30	Spoke at Khadi Yatra.
1940	March	31	Had discussion with delegates of Khadi Yatra.
1940	April	1	Had discussion with Gandhi Seva Sangh committee.
1940	April	3	Met Ghanshyamsingh Gupta.
1940	April	5	C.F. Andrews died.
1940	April	5	In statement to Press Gandhi paid tribute to C.F. Andrews.
1940	April	Before 7	Had discussion with a Chinese visitor.
1940	April	12	Telegraphed congratulations to Jamnalal Bajaj on settlement between Jaipur State and Jaipur Rajya Praja Mandal.
1940	April	15	Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.
1940	April	16	Sevagram. Gandhi attended Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha.
1940	April	17	Attended Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha. Had discussion with Jawaharlal Nehru.
1940	April	20	Had discussion with Maulana Azad.
1940	April	24	K.M. Munshi called on Gandhi.
1940	May	3	Gandhi attended All-India Education Conference. Had discussion with R.S. Pandit about Congress Volunteer Corps.
1940	May	9	In an interview to The Times of India said that he would Welcome a settlement which ensures peace with honour".
1940	May	16	Received a delegation of Red Shirts; Jawaharlal Nehru was present.
1940	May	17	Gandhi had discussion with Jawaharlal Nehru.
1940	May	18	Wrote Foreward to Maulana Abu Kalam Azad.
1940	April	24	Took silence for indefinite period from 7.30 a.m. In an interview to Associate Press refused to comment on Amerys statement in House of Commons.
1940	June	2	There was a theft of a pen and some letters in Ashram.
1940	June	3	Announced his intention to fast from June 8 if theft was not traced.
1940	June	8	Gave up proposed fast over theft incident as all Ashram inmates were against it.
1940	June	17, 19	Attended meetings of the Congress Working Committee at Wardha.
1940	June	20	Sevagram. Maulana Azad called in the morning. Gandhi had discussion with Subhas Chandra Bose.
1940	June	21	Attended joint meeting of Gandhi Seva Sangh and Charkha Sangh in Wardha.
1940	June	21	The Congress Working Committee passed resolution absolving Gandhi from responsibility of future programme and policies of the Congress.
1940	June	22	Gandhi addressed a joint meeting of Gandhi Seva Sangh and Charkha Sangh at Wardha.
1940	June	22	Was present at the meeting of Rashtrabhasha Seva Sangh, Wardha.
1940	June	22	Had long discussion with Pattabhi Sitaramayya, Rajagopalachari, Rajendra Prasad and Jamnalal Bajaj.
1940	June	27	Left for Delhi en route to Simla accompanied by Jamnalal Bajaj, Mahadev Desai, Pyarelal and others.
1940	June	28	Arrived in Delhi.
1940	June	28	Had discussion with Asaf Ali.
1940	June	28	Left for Simla.
1940	June	29	At Simla. Met the Viceroy.
1940	June	29	Left for New Delhi.
1940	June	30	New Delhi.
1940	June	30	Attended public prayer at Harijan colony.
1940	July	2	New Delhi. Issued appeal "To Every Briton" to fight Nazism with non-violent arms.
1940	July	3	Attended meeting of Congress Working Committee on special invitation and reported to the Committee on his interview with the Viceroy.
1940	July	4 and 5	Attended meeting of the Congress Working Committee.
1940	July	6	Attended meeting of the Congress Working Committee.
1940	July	6	Discussed political situation with Aney.
1940	July	7	The Congress Working Committee passed resolution stating that Britain should immediately make an unequivocal declaration according complete independence to India.
1940	July	7	Gandhi visited the Charkha Club.
1940	July	7	Left New Delhi for Wardha.
1940	July	8	Reached Wardha and then proceeded to Sevagram.
1940	July	8	Declared copyright on translations of all his articles.
1940	July	10	Had discussion with Rajagopalachari .
1940	July	13	At Wardha attended the wedding of Uma, youngest daughter of Jamnalal Bajaj.
1940	July	20	Emily Kinnaird called on Gandhi to persuade him to adopt Christianity.
1940	July	21	Gandhi had long meeting with Pandit Kunzru. Kodanda Rao met Gandhi.
1940	July	23	Dr. Profulla Chandra Ghosh met Gandhi.
1940	July	24	Gandhi had a long discussion with Maulana Azad, Rajendra Prasad and Profulla Chandra Ghosh.
1940	July	30	Rajagopalachari, Profulla Chandra Ghosh and Gopinath Bardoloi met Gandhi.
1940	August	1	Gandhi had a long talk with Rajagopalachari.
1940	August	2	Maulana Azad met Gandhi in the morning.
1940	August	10	Gandhi had discussion with Jamnalal Bajaj about Jaipur affairs.
1940	August	17	Maulana Azad arrived for discussion.
1940	August	18	Gandhi had long discussion with Maulana Azad. Attended Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha.
1940	August	19	Attended Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha.
1940	August	20	Attended afternoon session of Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha.
1940	August	21	Attended afternoon session of Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha.
1940	August	22	Attended afternoon session of Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha.
1940	August	23	Sardar Patel, Nehru and Maulana Azad met Gandhi.
1940	August	24	Gandhi had discussion with Maulana Azad in the morning. Later other Congress leaders also came. Attended meeting of National Planning Committee at Wardha.
1940	August	25	Went to Wardha to have discussion with the Congress leaders.
1940	September	5	Attended meeting of Congress Working Committee at Wardha.
1940	September	6	Sevagram Attended wedding of Dakshayani and Velayudhan.
1940	September	8	Attended the Bullocks festival.
1940	September	10	Syed Mahmud and Abdul Ghaffar Khan arrived for talks with Gandhi.
1940	September	11	Gandhi had meeting with Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Left for Bombay accompanied by Kasturba, Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Syed Mahmud.
1940	September	12	Gandhi arrived in Bombay; had informal discussions with Abul Kalam Azad, Sardar Patel, Pandit Nehru and other members of the Congress Working Committee.
1940	September	13	Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.
1940	September	15 and 16	Addressed A.I.C.C. meeting.
1940	September	17	Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.
1940	September	18	Attended Congress Working Committee meeting; left for Wardha.
1940	September	19	Reached Wardha; walked to Sevagram.
1940	September	20	C.Rajagopalachari arrived in Wardha to discuss with Gandhi the future programme of the Congress in the light of the A.I.C.C. resolution.
1940	September	25	Gandhi left for Simla accompanied by Mahadev Desai and Pyarelal.
1940	September	26	Arrived in Delhi in the morning; left for Simla in the evening.
1940	September	27	At Simla, had a meeting with the Viceroy.
1940	September	29	Met Harijan leaders.
1940	September	30	Interview with the Viceroy; left for Delhi.
1940	October	1	In Delhi, had long talk with Bhulabhai Desai and J.B. Kripalani; attended a function at Harijan Colony to celebrate his 72nd birthday; left for Wardha.
1940	October	2	In Sevagram, addressed meeting to celebrate his birthday.
1940	October	10	Had discussion with Profulla Chandra Ghosh.
1940	October	11	Attended the Congress Working Committee meeting.
1940	October	12 and 13	Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.
1940	October	13	The Congress Working Committee approved Gandhis plan for individual civil disobedience. Gandhi went to Paunar for discussion with Vinoba Bhave.
1940	October	15	In Sevagram, issued statement that Vinoba Bhave would be the first Satyagrahi to start individual civil disobedience.
1940	October	17	At Paunar, Vinoba Bhave began the individual Satyagraha by delivering anti-war speech.
1940	October	18	The District Magistrate, Poona, served notice on the Editors of Harijan, and allied weeklies directing them to submit to the Chief Press Adviser in Delhi all the news regarding Vinoba Bhaves satyagraha before publication.
1940	October	21	Vinoba Bhave was arrested under the Defence of India Act.
1940	October	21	Gandhi issued a statement advising congressmen not to be impatient about the next step.
1940	October	24	Announced the temporary suspension of Harijan, Harijanbandhu and Harijan Sevak.
1940	October	30	Had seven hours discussion with Jawaharlal Nehru.
1940	November	4	Informed the Viceroy of his proposal to fast.
1940	November	5	At Wardha, attended Congress Working Committee meeting.
1940	November	6	Attended Congress Working Committee meeting. Gave up his porposed fast at Congress agreed to an extension of individual satyagraha.
1940	November	7	Gave away Dr. Soundaram in marriage to G. Ramachandran. Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.
1940	November	8	Attended Congress Working Committee meeting. Attended wedding of Sharad Parnerkar.
1940	November	13	Drafted a list of nearly 1,500 individual satyagrahis.
1940	November	15	Interview to Senanayake, Ceylonese Minister.
1940	November	16	In telegram to Amtussalaam, said that he was "stopping civil disobedience [in] Sind".
1940	November	17	Vallabhbhai Patel was arrested.
1940	November	18	Arthur Moor of The Stateman met Gandhi.
1940	November	23	Gandhi had discussion with Tai Chi-Tao, President of Examination Yuan of Chinese Government.
1940	November	Before 24	Interview to M.L. Shah, General Secretary, All-India Students Federation.
1940	November	29	In statement to the Press, Gandhi exhorted students to express their national sympathy in a disciplined manner and not by resorting to strikes.
1940	December	Before 3	In telegram, instructed Rajendra Prasad to prevent demonstration in connection with civil disobedience movement.
1940	December	5	Subhas Chandra Bose was released.
1940	December	On or before 6	In telegram to Barada Prasanna Pain, Gandhi regretted his inability to recommend withdrawal of ban on Subhas Chandra Bose and Sarat Chandra Bose.
1940	December	6	In statement to the press, explained that Sampuran Singhs example was a warning to people that "empty and meaningless discipline" had no value.
1940	December	7	In statement to Press, appealed to people of Bombay "to revise their sporting code and erase from it communal matches".
1940	December	16	In letter to Hansraj Radhar, a political worker from Jind, prohibited the State Congress from "civil disobedience, individual or mass".
1940	December	17	Gave instuructions for suspension of satyagraha from December 24 to January 4.
1940	December	20	In statement to the Press, called for suspension of "final judgment about Sardar Sampuran Singhs conduct".
1940	December	21	Interview to Madras Delegration to All-India Students Conference.
1940	December	24	In letter to Hitlar, Gandhi appealed to him "in the name of humanity to stop the war".
1940	December	Before 25	In letter to Dunichand, laid down conditions for eligibility to offer satyagraha.
1940	December	27	Invited Master Tara Singh, a prominent Akali leader, to meet him at Sevagram. (The invitee had resigned from the Congress following lengthy correspondence between him and Gandhi on the question of non-violence.)
1940	December	29	In letter to Subhas Chandra Bose, said "As for your Bloc joining civil disobedience, I think, with the fundamental differences between you and me, it is not possible."