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Mahatma Gandhi – His Chronology (कालक्रम) 1941

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YearMonthDayEvent / Incident
1941January5Satyagraha was resumed  after a break from December 24 to January 4.
1941January10In Sevagram, Gandhi  gave instructions to satyagrahis "that even as a resister courts imprisonment, he is  expected to court any other form of punishment, i.e. fines".
1941JanuaryOn or after 10In message, asked the  Punjab Congressmen to develop "a living faith in the virtue of non-violence for being  chosen for civil disobedience".
1941January11Gave instructions for  suspension of civil disobedience. Interview to Prof. R. Coupland.
1941JanuaryOn or before 12In letter to Abdul  Ghaffar Khan, Gandhi permitted "Red Shirts" to offer satyagraha in the Frontier  Province.
1941January12In instructions to  satyagrahis, announced that there would be no successor to Abul Kalam Azad and said  "…everyone who…gets a short term should know that on every release, he has  to repeat civil disobedience till the end of the struggle".
1941January17In Sevagram, blessed  Vinoba Bhave, who offered civil disobedience for the second time after he was released on  January 15.
1941January17Subhas Chandra Bose  disappeared from his house in Elgin Road, Calcutta.
1941JanuaryBefore 23In message to Gujarat  College students, Gandhi said that they had every right to resort to strike if they failed  to obtain justice through negotiations.
1941January24Exhorted Congressmen  to observe rules of conduct even in matter "too trifling for attention".
1941January28In letter to newspaper  editors, appealed to the Press "not to succumb to the gag but to assert its  independence by publishing all the satyagraha news in its fullness".
1941FebruaryBefore 1In letter to  Manoranjan Chaudhari, declined to lead satyagraha movement against Muslim League Ministry  of Bengal, as suggested by Bengal Hindu Mahasabha leaders".
1941February4Had discussion with  Sarojini Naidu and J.B. Kripalani.
1941February9In letter to T.B.  Sapru, refused to write to M.A. Jinnah unless the latter wanted "to come to some  settlement".
1941February10In letter to The  Times of India, said "In spite of your disbelief, I must adhere to my faith in  the possibility of the most debased human nature to respond to non-violence."
1941February13In message to Punjab  Congressmen, stressed importance of constructive work.
1941February16In letter to  Mukundalal Sircar, described differences with Subhas Chandra Bose as "vital and  fundamental", and said "Independence secured through violence would have  contents different from that secured through non-violent means." In letter to T.B.  Sa
1941FebruaryOn or before 20In letter to P.V.  Naidu, said that question of Congress partaking "in the reorganization of Central  Government… would not arise so long as the Congress demand remained unconceded".
1941FebruaryOn or after 24Interview to Calcutta  satyagrahis.
1941February26Gandhi disallowed  Maharajkumar of Vizianagaram to offer satyagraha as he did not fulfil all conditions of  Satyagraha Pledge.
1941February27In Allahabad, put up  at Anand Bhavan.
1941February28Visited Harijan  Ashram; opened Kamala Nehru Memorial Hospital; had discussion with Bengal Congress leaders  on withdrawal of Bengal Congress Party from the Legislature; received deputation on behalf  of Garhwal Harijans.
1941February28With Mahadev Desai  called on T.B. Sapru at 8 p.m.; later met Madan Mohan Malaviya.
1941March1Addressed U.P.  Provincial Students’ Federation. Called on Vijayalakshmi Pandit and Abul Kalam Azad  in Naini Central Jail; at 11 a.m. left for Wardha.
1941March2Reached Sevagram.
1941March4Interview to  Shankaran, Secretary, Tamil Nadu Provincial Congress Committee.
1941March6In statement to the  Press, Gandhi warned people against "journalistic fights of imagination" about  his meeting with T.B. Sapru and others in Allahabad.
1941March7In letter to Sir T.B.  Sapru, agreed to suggestion to meet M.A. Jinnah, but expressed apprehension that time for  communal settlement had not come.
1941March7In Sind, Khan Bahadur  allah Baksh was sworn in as Premier.
1941MarchBefore 10Gandhi instructed  Andhra and Tamil Nadu Congress Committees not to take persons from districts into Madras  city for offering satyagraha.
1941MarchBefore 11In telegram, urged  Shibbanlal Saxena, satyagrahi prisoner in Benares Central Jail, to give up hunger-strike.
1941March13, 16In Bombay, Non-Party  Leaders’ Conference was held under presidentship of T.B. Sapru.
1941March16In foreword to  Jawaharlal Nehru’s article, "the Parting of the Ways", Gandhi said that  author had led the reader to the inevitable conclusion that independence could not be  achieved without non-violence.
1941March18Appeal to C.F. Andrews  Memorial Fund.
1941March21In appeal to Congress  workers, hoped that they would devote their time to constructive programme during the  National Week in April.
1941MarchBefore 23In message to M.R.  Jayakar, said that while he was always ready "to meet old friends… he could not,  without consultation with the members of the Working Committee, give them any  assurance".
1941March29Proposal to resume  publication of Harijan was countermanded on account of letter from the Government.
1941March29In Sarvodaya, Gandhi  reiterated his conviction that "in this long and arduous struggle, quality alone will  count, never quantity."
1941April1In Sevagram,  introduced practice of keeping personal diaries by inmates.
1941April6In message to Delhi  Basic Education Conference, said "Our experiment to be through has to be at least  somewhere made without alloy and without outside interference".
1941April7In message to Mysore  Congress, said that constructive programme "is the truest foundation for the swaraj  for millions based on non-violence".
1941April7T.B. Sapru met Viceroy  in Delhi.
1941April8In statement to the  Press, Gandhi said that report of his interview with Ruikar and Sircar was "a  mischievous distortion of a friendly conversation".
1941April16Gandhi was at  Sevagram.
1941April18Riots broke out at  Ahmedabad.
1941April19Gandhi gave statement  to The Times of India.
1941April25Issued statement to  Press on L.S. Amery’s speech.
1941April27Broke three days’  fast.
1941May1Wrote to Editor of The  Times of India.
1941May2Attended funeral of  J.P. Trivedi.
1941May4Appealed to  Congressmen to do their duty during riots.
1941May7Issued statement to  the Press on riots in Bihar.
1941May15Wrote on Khadi  Jagat.
1941May19Srinivasa Iyengar  died.
1941May18 to 21Gandhi had discussions  with Mridula Sarabhai and Gulzarilal Nanda.
1941May22Gave interview to The  Hindu.
1941May23Spoke at National  Youths’ Training Camp at Wardha.
1941June9In statement to Press  denounced murder of a Muslim family in Bihar.
1941June12Had discussion with  K.M. Munshi, Rajendra Prasad and Gopichand Bhargava.
1941June13Discussion continued.
1941June15In statement to Press  stated reasons why he had advised K.M. Munshi to resign from Congress.
1941July6Gave statement to  Press.
1941July12Had discussion with  Abdul Gaffar Khan.
1941July22Gave interview to The  Hindu on Government communique.
1941July23Gave interview to  A.N.S. Murti.
1941July31Wrote to The Times  of India.
1941August1Opened Khadi Vidyalaya  at Wardha.
1941August4Gave statement to  Press.
1941August5Gave statement to  Press.
1941August7Rabindranath Tagore  died.
1941August7Gandhi paid tribute to  Rabindranath Tagore.
1941August12Issued statement to  Press on shraddha day of Rabindranath Tagore.
1941August24Wrote foreword to A  Discipline for Non-violence. Gave statement to Press on Indo-Burman Immigration  Agreement.
1941August29Attended A.I.V.I.A.  meeting.
1941August30In Sarvodaya paid homage to Rabindranath Tagore.
1941August31Wrote foreword to Practical  Non-violence.
1941September1Telegraphed condolence  on Fulchand Kasturchand Shah’s death.
1941September5Gave interview to H.V.  Kamath.
1941September11Gave interview to The  Hindu.
1941September14Met Allah Bux, R.K.  Sidhwa and deputation from Burma.
1941September16Met Allah Bux and R.K.  Sidhwa.
1941September18Gandhi’s birthday  celebrated according to Vikram era.
1941September18Gandhi addressed  meeting at Sevagram and participated in spinning.
1941September18Sent message for  people of Ahmedabad.
1941September24In statement to Press  cautioned public against uncertified khadi dealers.
1941September30At Nalwadi, addressed  meeting of Goseva Sangh.
1941October1Sent message to  States’ people.
1941October2Gandhi’s birthday  celebrated.
1941October2Gandhi spoke at  meeting.
1941October7Presided at A.I.S.A.  meeting.
1941October10At Sevagram.
1941October11Gandhi was at  Sevagram. Met Hancock and S. Satyamurti.
1941October12Received yarn and  money collected by Nagpur, Berar and Mahakoshal Provincial Congress Committees and  addressed them.
1941October15Met Asaf Ali and  Rajendra Prasad.
1941October21Gave statement to  Press on Government communique regarding Jayaprakash Narayan’s alleged attempt to  smuggle some papers from Deoli Camp.
1941October22After prayer spoke on  ideal village community.
1941October23Met Khan Bahadur Alla  Bux.
1941October28In statement to Press  reviewed satyagraha movement and issued instructions for guidance of satyagrahis.
1941October30Issued statement to  Press on hunger-strike by detenus in Deoli Camp and Government communique thereon.
1941November11Issued statement on  Indo-Ceylonese pact.
1941November12Sent telegram to  Jayaprakash Narayan advising discontinuance of hunger-strike.
1941November12In statement to Press  discountenanced move to press Government to release satyagrahi prisoners.
1941November14Through Press urged  Government to grant demands of Deoli detenus.
1941November15Granted permission to  S. Satyamurti to publish whole correspondence.
1941November19Telegraphed to Home  Member seeking permission for Mahadev Desai to meet Deoli detenus.
1941NovemberBefore 20Sent message to  Frontier people.
1941November27In statement to Press  expressed relief at discontinuance of hunger-strike by Deoli detenus and appealed to  Government to give better treatment to detenus and political prisoners.
1941November27Sent message to Majoor  Mahajan, Ahmedabad, on its 25th anniversary.
1941November28Gave interview to The  Daily Herald on L.S. Amery’s speech.
1941December4Gave interview to  Press on Government communique regarding release of political prisoners.
1941December7Through Press  announced that civil disobedience would continue until Bombay Resolution was reversed by  Congress.
1941December9Gave statement to  Press on Khudai Khidmatgars’ camp held in N.W.F.P.
1941December9Left Sevagram.
1941December10Reached Bardoli.
1941DecemberOn or before 13Completed Constructive  Programme: Its Meaning and Place.
1941December17Addressed A.I.S.A.  meeting.
1941December18 and 19Attended A.I.S.A.  meeting.
1941December19Through Press appealed  to people not to be scared in face of approaching war but act bravely.
1941December20Sent message to  Bhagini Samaj, Bombay, on its Silver Jubilee. Gave statement to Press on America’s  entry in war.
1941December23 to 26Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1941December27Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting. Through Press appealed to Bihar Government to lift ban on Hindu  Mahasabha.
1941December28Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1941DecemberBefore 29Sent message to  All-India Women’s Conference.
1941December29Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1941December30Wrote to Congress  President to relieve him of responsibility laid upon him by Bombay Resolution. C.W.C.  passed a resolution relieving Gandhi. C.W.C. passed another Resolution reiterating its  demand and restated the Congress position and attitude in reg
1941December30Gandhi gave statement  to The Hindu on Congress resolution.

 

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