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Mahatma Gandhi – His Chronology (कालक्रम) 1942

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YearMonthDayEvent / Incident
1942January4Addressed Gujarat  Provincial Congress Committee meeting.
1942January7Through Press stated  his intention to restart three weeklies and suggested constructive programme as "best  preparation to face danger".
1942January8Opened Gujarat Khadi  Vidyalaya.
1942January8Had discussion with  Harijan Workers.
1942January8Sir Akbar Hydari died.
1942JanuaryOn  or before 9Gandhi addressed khadi  workers. Left Bardoli.
1942January10Reached Sevagram.
1942January14In Harijan paid  tribute to Sir Akbar Hydari.
1942January15At A.I.C.C. meeting  spoke on Bardoli Resolution.
1942January16Attended C.W.C. and  A.I.C.C. meetings.
1942January16A.I.C.C. session  concluded.
1942January17Gandhi attended C.W.C.  meeting .
1942January17Addressed members of  Provincial Congress Committees and C.W.C.
1942January18Harijan,  Harijanbandhu and Harijan Sevak resumed publication.
1942January19Gandhi left for  Benares.
1942January20Reached Benares.
1942January21Spoke at Silver  Jubilee Convocation of Benares Hindu University.
1942January22Addressed Congress  workers of U.P.
1942January24En route to  Wardha halted at Nagpur. Spoke at Chokhamela Boarding House. Visited Hitavada office  and Servants of India Society.
1942January24Reached Sevagram.
1942January29Addressed students of  Khadi Vidyalaya.
1942February1Inaugurated All-India  Goseva Sangh conference.
1942February3Spoke at All-India  Goseva Sangh Conference.
1942FebruaryBefore 8Had discussion with  Dr. John.
1942February8Wrote to Lord  Linlithgow requesting that A.I.S.A. may be exempted from liability to pay income-tax.
1942February9Marshal and Madame  Chiang Kai-shek arrived in New Delhi.
1942February11Jamnalal Bajaj died.
1942February11Gandhi attended  funeral.
1942February11After prayer paid  tribute to Jamnalal Bajaj.
1942February12Had talk with members  of Bajaj family.
1942February14Sent letters inviting  Jamnalal Bajaj’s friends to a meeting on February 20.
1942February17Left for Calcutta.
1942February17At Gondia, gave  statement to Press on Hare Krushna Mahtab’s arrest.
1942February18Reached Calcutta.
1942February18Met Chiang Kai-shek  and wife.
1942February18Left for Wardha.
1942February19En route at  Nagpur gave interview to Press.
1942February20At Wardha addressed  Jamnalal Bajaj’s friends.
1942February21Spoke to Jamnalal  Bajaj’s friends.
1942February26Wrote message for Marathi  Harijan.
1942MarchBefore 1After prayer addressed  members of Mahila Ashram.
1942March1Marathi Harijan started.
1942March11Gandhi addressed  students of Khadi Vidyalaya on the occasion of Jamnalal Bajaj’s masika shraddha.
1942March16 and  17Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1942March18Wrote foreword to The  Medium of Instruction.
1942March23Stafford Cripps  arrived in India.
1942March25In reply to Stafford  Cripps’s invitation for meeting in New Delhi, Gandhi telegraphed his consent.
1942March26Left for Delhi.
1942March27Arrived in Delhi. Met  Stafford Cripps.
1942MarchBefore 29Gave interview to Eve  Curie.
1942March29Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting. Telegraphed condolence to Prabhavati Devi Bose on reported  death of Subhas Chandra Bose.
1942March30Sent telegram to  Prabhavati Devi Bose expressing relief at contradiction of the news.
1942March30British War  Cabinet’s proposals released to press.
1942March30Congress Working  Committee meeting continued.
1942March31Congress Working  Committee meeting continued.
1942April1Gandhi attended  meeting of Congress Working Committee in New Delhi.
1942April5Left Delhi for  Sevagram.
1942April6Arrived in Sevagram.
1942April10Congress Working  Committee rejected Cripps proposals.
1942April11Gandhi inaugurated  Swarajya Bhandar at Wardha.
1942May1Congress Working  Committee passed resolution defining attitude to war and foreign soldiers.
1942May9Gandhi left Sevagram  for Bombay to collect funds for Andrews Memorial.
1942May10Arrived in Bombay.
1942May17Left Bombay for  Sevagram.
1942May18Arrived in Sevagram.
1942May27Had discussions with  Jawaharlal Nehru.
1942May28Met the members of the  Rashtriya Yuvak Sangh, C.P.
1942June2Mridula Sarabhai and  U.N. Dhebar called on Gandhi.
1942June4 and 5Gandhi gave interview  to Louis Fischer.
1942June6Gave interview to  Chaplin of International News Service and Belden of Time and Life and Louis  Fischer.
1942June7, 9Had talks with  Jawaharlal Nehru. Gave interview to Louis Fischer.
1942June19Gave interview to  United Press of London on Cripps statement.
1942June26Had discussion with  workers of Charkha Sangh. Spoke to students of Khadi Vidyalaya, Wardha.
1942June29 and 30 .Had discussions with  C. Rajagopalachari
1942July3Had discussions with  Rajendra Prasad and Dr.Profulla Chandra Ghosh.
1942July4Had discussions with  Rajendra Prasad and Jawaharlal Nehru.
1942July5In letter to  Rajagopalachari advised him to resign from Congress and Assembly.
1942July6Attended meeting of  Congress Working Committee.
1942July8, 11Attended meeting of  Congress Working Committee.
1942July14Congress Working  Committee passed resolution asking British Government to withdraw from India.
1942July26Gandhi had talks with  Vinoba Bhave, Kishorelal Mashruwala and others.
1942August1Spoke at opening of  Hindustani Talimi Sangh Bhawan.
1942August2Left Sevagram for  Bombay.
1942August3Arrived in Bombay.
1942August4Attended meeting of  Congress Working Committee and All-India Congress Committee.
1942August8Spoke at meeting of  A.I.C.C.
1942August8A.I.C.C. passed  "Quick India" resolution.
1942August9Gandhi was arrested  early in morning and was taken to Aga Khan Palace, Poona. Members of Working Committee  were also arrested and all Congress Committees declared illegal.
1942August15Mahadev Desai died in  Aga Khan Palace.
1942August16Rioting broke out in  Chimur when police opened fire on procession taken out to protest against arrests of  leaders.
1942August20Gandhi took silence.
1942August24Broke silence after 91  hours.
1942November12C.Rajagopalachari’s  request to be allowed to see Gandhi in jail was turned down by Viceroy.
1942November12J.P. Bhansali went on  fast demanding enquiry into Chimur excesses.
1942November30Gandhi was refused  permission to communicate with Bhansali.
1942December18In Aga Khan Palace,  Poona, Gandhi who was in detention from august 9, 1942, completed revision of his book, key  to Health, originally written in Gujarati.
1942December31In letter to Lord  Linlithgow, conveyed New Year greetings and said "Convince me of my error or errors  and I shall make amends."

 

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