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Mahatma Gandhi – His Chronology (कालक्रम) 1945

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YearMonthDayEvent / Incident
1945January5Gandhi met Bhulabhai  Desai.
1945January11Attended Hindustani  Talimi Sangh Conference. His speech was read out.
1945January17Gandhi gave interviews  to Prahlad Mehta and T.V. Kunhi Krishnan.
1945January23Met Profulla Chandra  Ghosh. Sent message for Independence Day celebrations in London.
1945January26In speech at prayer  meeting, condemned police interference with village-cleaning programme of workers that  morning in front of Ashram and praised workers’ dignified and firm attitude.
1945January31Had discussion with  Anugraha Narayan Singh.
1945February10Kasturba’s death  anniversary, according to Indian celendar, celebrated. Gandhi participated in spinning yajna. Samagra Gramnseva Shibir concluded. Government addressed volunteers. Advised T.N.  Jagadisan of Madras and M.R.G. Cochrane of Vellore regarding leprosy relief work. Met  Gopinath Bardoloi.
1945February12Gave interview to  Govind Sahay.
1945February15Addressed secretaries  of Provincial Committees of Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Fund.
1945February17In statement to Press  condemned Government’s action in arresting Congressmen in Bihar and rearresting of  Purushottamdas Tandon and appealed to Government to stop practice of torture and  ill-treatment of prisoners.
1945February18Wrote foreword to Amaran  Ba.
1945February19Gave interview to  deputation from N.W.F.P.
1945February22Kasturba’s death  anniversary, according to Gregorian calendar.
1945February23Gandhi spoke at prayer  meeting.
1945February26Answered T.B.  Sapru’s questionnaire regarding former’s talks and correspondence with M.A.  Jinnah.
1945February26Presided at Hindustani  Prachar Sabha conference.
1945February27Spoke at Hindustani  Prachar Sabha conference.
1945February3Met C.Rajagopalachari  .
1945March5Gave interview to  Orient Press.
1945March7Wrote forewords to Gandhi’s  Correspondence with the Government, 1942-1944, and Ahar ane Poshan.
1945March9Gave interview to  Andhra deputation.
1945March11Issued statement to  Press on ban imposed on Congress Workers’ conference in Akola.
1945March17Announced Vinoba Bhave  and Kishorelal Mashruwala as his successors in Ashram.
1945March20Commenting on L.S.  Amery’s statement in interview to The Bombay Chronicle declared that ‘all  talk of resolution of the present deadlock’ was useless as long as members of Working  Committee were under detention.
1945March24Spoke at A.I.S.A.  meeting.
1945March25Hermann Kallenbach  died in Johannesburg. Through Press Gandhi paid tribute to Hermann Kallenbach.
1945March25Spoke at A.I.S.A.  meeting.
1945March31Reached Bombay. Issued  statement to Press on National week. In statement to Press on rejection of Ashti and  Chimur prisoners’ petition said that impending hanging could be prevented if there  was united voice of India against them. Called on ailing Purshottamdas Thakurdas.
1945April2Issued appeal to  observe hartal on April 3, for Chimur and Ashti prisoners.
1945April4Attended meeting of  the Kasturba Memorial Trust.
1945April6Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1945April8Gave interview to  B.E.S.T. Workers’ Deputation.
1945April10Gave interview to The  Times of India.
1945April11Spoke at the Borivli  Camp. Addressed prayer meeting at Borivli.
1945April12Attended meeting of  Kasturba Memorial Trust.
1945April14Visited Kasturba  Memorial trust Office.
1945April14Met Manilal who had  come from South Africa.
1945April15Addressed prayer  meeting.
1945April16Sent condolence  message on the death of President Roosevelt.
1945April17Issued statement to  Press on San Francisco Conference.
1945April18Sent message to  Indians in South Africa.
1945April19Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1945April20Arrived in Poona.
1945April21Arrived at  Mahabaleshwar. Spoke at prayer meeting.
1945April22In telegram to A.P.I.,  denied having written to Bhulabhai Desai as alleged by the Morning Standard.
1945April27Gandhi, in message  from Mahabaleshwar where he had been staying from April 21, exhorted people of Ceylon  "to understand the message of the charkha and the constructive programme".
1945May1In foreword to  Rashtrabhasha Vishe Vichar, said that Hindustani, "a happy amalgam of Hindi and  urdu", was "the perfect national language".
1945May2Visited apiaries and  appreciated their scientific method and swadeshi spirit.
1945May3In answer to D.N.  Balavenkataram, confirmed report that he would not enter Mahabaleshwar temples, as long as  their "doors are open to Harijans."
1945May4In statement to the  Press replied to "remarks attributed to Sir Feroz Khan Noon as having been made by  him at San Fransisco Conference".
1945May5In Press statement  condemned big merchants, capitalists and industrialists who outwardly spoke and wrote  against Government but in action conformed to its will.
1945May8In telegram, gave  blessings to G.D. Birla, who along with J.R.D. Tata and Kasturbhai was proceeding in  industrial delegation to England. At prayer meeting paid tributes to Rabindranath Tagore  on his eighty-fifth birth anniversary.
1945May11 and 12Had discussion with  C.Rajagopalachari.
1945May13In letter to  Dunichand, regretted his error of mistaken indentity in sending condolence to Mrs.  Dunichand.
1945May21In Gramodyog  Patrika article, distinguished khadi from other village industries by comparing the  former to the sun and the latter to planets.
1945May22Spoke at Hindustan  scout Association training camp.
1945May27In letter, requested  Government to protect and preserve piece of ground having samadhis of Kasturba  Gandhi and Mahadev Desai as consecrated place for use by their friends and relatives.
1945MayOn or before 30Gave interview to  Denton J. Brooks Jr.
1945May31Reached Panchgani; put  up at ‘Dilkhush’ of Nanji Kalidas.
1945June1Had discussion with  Harekrushna Mahtab.
1945June2In answer to Shriman  Narayan, stressed need to demonstrate economic fallacy behind sanction for use of foreign  goods.
1945JuneOn or after 3In statement to Orient  Press, said that Muslims should speak as Indians.
1945June7In letter, requested  Bhulabhai Desai "to see to it that Chimur-Ashti prisoners are not hanged".
1945June9In message, wished  Rajani Palme Dutt success in election campaign against L.S. Amery in Sparkbrook  Constituency of Birmingham.
1945June10Addressed members of  Wai Rashtra Seva Dal.
1945June11In silence-day note,  cautioned Bhulabhai Desai against possible danger in agreement with Muslim League, and  said that nothing could be done until Working Committee members were free to express their  opinion.
1945June13In letter to  Purushottamdas Tandon, said that his leaving Hindi Sahitya Sammelan was intended to serve  it better.
1945June14In broadcast, Viceroy  announced release of Working Committee members and summoning of conference of leaders of  political parties.
1945June14In telegram, Gandhi  informed Viceroy that he would not like to attend Simla Conference as Congress  representative.
1945June15Congress leaders were  released and ban on Congress Working Committee was lifted.
1945June16In letter to Viceroy,  Gandhi conveyed his willingness to be present at Simla Conference "with no official  position" and if "working committee wished likewise".
1945June18In telegram to  Viceroy, rejection of parity between Muslims and caste Hindus and reaffirmed his advice  that Congress should not participate in formation of Executive Council on those grounds.
1945June18Released to the Press,  next of the letter he had written to Winston Churchill on July 17, 1944.
1945June19At Poona, visited  samadhis of Mahadev Desai and Kasturba Gandhi.
1945June20In Bombay.
1945June21In statement to press  appealed to authorities to remove Subhas Chandra Bose to health resort with facilities to  receive relatives.
1945June21 and 22Attendec Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1945June23Halted at Delhi on way  to Simla.
1945June24Reached Simla; met  Viceroy in afternoon.
1945June26Released to Press  names of members for Literature Board of All-India Hindustani Prachar Sabha.
1945June27At prayer meeting,  explained significance of prayer.
1945June28In letter, appealed to  Viceroy that all "hangings - an aftermath of the disturbances of 1942…be  commuted to life sentences".
1945June29Gave interview to  Preston Grover of Associate Press of America.
1945June30In interview to A.S.  Bharatan of Associated press of India, explained Congress stand on issue of parity of  representation between caste Hindus and Muslims.
1945July2At prayer meeting,  explained new rule of A.I.S.A. which required payment for khadi to be made partly in yarn.
1945July3 and 4Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1945July7Congress list for  proposed Executive Council was sent to Viceroy by Abul Kalam Azad after discussion with  Gandhi.
1945July9Jinnah refused to send  his names for proposed Executive Council.
1945July12At prayer meeting,  Gandhi rebuked gathering for unruly behaviour.
1945July14Gave interview to  Francis Sayer of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
1945July16Viceroy announced  failure of Simla Conference which Jinnah had called "a snare".
1945July16Gandhi left Simla for  Wardha.
1945July17Gandhi arrived in  Delhi.
1945July17Visited Satyavati and  Shaukat Ansari.
1945July17En route to  Wardha addressed the crowd assembled at Agra Cantt. Station. Gave interview to People’s  War.
1945July18Reached Sevagram.
1945July18Issued statement to  Press.
1945July25Resigned from Hindi  Sahitya Sammelan.
1945JulyOn or before 28Gave interview to The  Hindu.
1945August3Gave statement to  Press.
1945August4Issued statement to  Press.
1945August4Gave interview to The  Hindu.
1945August6Hiroshima atom-bombed.
1945August8Gandhi issued  statement on appeal for funds for Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha.
1945August9Nagasaki atom-bombed.
1945August10Japan surrendered.
1945August11Gandhi issued  statement on death sentence of Mahendra Chowdhary.
1945August14Had discussion with  B.S. Murthy.
1945August14Addressed Central  Board meeting of Harijan Sevak Sangh.
1945August16Death sentences of  Ashti-Chimur prisoner commuted to life imprisonment.
1945August19Gandhi attended  meeting of Kasturba National Memorial Trust.
1945August19Left Sevagram for  Bombay.
1945August20At Bombay.
1945August21Arrived in Poona.
1945August29Sent message to U.S.A.
1945SeptemberBefore 2Had discussion with  Narendra Dev and Suraj Prasad Awasthi.
1945September12 and 13Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1945September14Attended C.W.C.  meeting.
1945September14Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1945September15Attended C.W.C.  meeting.
1945September16Attended C.W.C.  meeting.
1945September16Sent condolence letter  to Nawab of Bhopal.
1945September17 to 20Attended C.W.C.  meeting.
1945September21Arrived in Bombay; had  mild attack of influenza, was advised complete rest; could not attend A.I.C.C. Spoke at  prayer meeting.
1945September22 to 23Attended C.W.C.  meeting.
1945September24Attended C.W.C.  meeting, Bombay.
1945September24Returned to Poona.
1945October5Laid foundation-stone  of Kasturba Goshala.
1945October8Acknowledged  birthday-greetings through Press.
1945October31At Poona.
1945November1Gandhi was at Poona.
1945November8In Poona. Attended  meeting of Hindustani Prachar Sabha.
1945November10Mahendra gope was  hanged in Bhagalpur jail.
1945November12Jawaharlal Nehru  called on Gandhi.
1945November15Gandhi visited  Khadakvasala.
1945November19Left Poona for Bombay.
1945November20Left Bombay for  Wardha.
1945November21Arrived in Sevagram.
1945November22Addressed students of  Samagra Gram Vidyalaya.
1945November23, 25Attended meetings of  Kasturba memorial Trust.
1945November26Had talk with members  of Hyderabad State Congress.
1945November27, 28Presided over meetings  of the Charkha Sangh.
1945November30Spoke at Mahila Ashram  Wardha. Left for Calcutta.
1945December1Arrived in Calcutta.  Put of at Sodepur Ashram. Met R.G. Casey, Governor of Bengal.
1945December3Met R.G. Casey.
1945December10Had discussion with  Lord Wavell.
1945December12Dr. N.B. Khare called  on Gandhi.
1945December18Gandhi arrived in  Santiniketan.
1945December19Laid foundation of  C.F. Andrews Memorial Hospital.
1945December20Left Santiniketan.
1945December21Arrived in Sodepur.
1945December22Called on R.G. Casey.
1945December23Had discussion with  members of Bengal Provincial Congress Committee and kindred organizations.
1945December24Left for Midnapore  District.
1945December25Arrived in Mahishadal.
1945December30Left Mahishadal for  Contai.
1945December31Arrived in Contai.

 

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