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Mahatma Gandhi – His Chronology (कालक्रम) 1946

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YearMonthDayEvent / Incident
1946January1Had discussion with  local Congress workers.
1946January2Addressed  volunteers’ rally. Had discussion with Midnapore political workers.
1946January3Left Contai for  Sodepur.
1946January4Arrived in Sodepur.
1946January5Addressed Conference  of Congress workers.
1946January6Addressed Conference  of Congress Workers.
1946January8Left Sodepur for  Assam.
1946January9Visited Amingaon,  Saulkuchi. Arrived in Gauhati.
1946January10In Gauhati.
1946January12Addressed Conference  of political workers.
1946January13Left Gauhati for  Dhubri.
1946January14Arrived in Sodepur.
1946January15Visited Alipur Jail.
1946January17Visited Dum Dum Jail.
1946January19Left Sodepur for  Madras.
1946January20Gandhi was proceeding  to Madras (from Sodepur) to inaugurate the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Dakshin Bharat  Hindi Prachar Sabha. In train, wrote Foreword to My Master Gokhale and The  Gokhale of Selfless Action or The "Gita" According to Gandhi. Addr
1946January21In train, wrote  Foreword to Hindustani-Gujarati Kosha; in Madras, was put up at bungalow adjacent  to Hindi Prachar Sabha office.
1946January22Called on V.S.  Srinivasa Sastri at General Hospital; in the evening, addressed prayer gathering.
1946January23Informed V.V. Giri  that Trade Union red flag could be used along with the Congress tri-colour; after prayer  meeting, received Parliamentary Delegation.
1946January24Inaugurated  Constructive Workers’ Conference; urged members of Parliamentary Delegation need for  release of political prisoners; addressed prayer meeting.
1946January25In message, asked  students of Pachaiyappa’s College going in procession to observe perfect discipline  and non-violence.
1946January26Answered questions at  the Constructive Workers’ Conference; spoke at convention of Harijans, organized by  Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha; after prayer meeting exhorted deputation of  Nationalist Muslims to cultivate love and good-will towards their
1946January27Answered questions at  constructive Workers’ Conference; spoke at twenty-third convocation of Dakshina  Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha; received deputation of Harijans.
1946January29Addressed Constructive  Workers’ Conference; spoke at Women’s Convention; addressed Nayee Talim  Convocation and distributed certificates to teachers trained in Wardha Basic Education  Course.
1946January30At meeting with staff  and members of Hindi Prachar Sabha invited questions; later attended convention of  teachers and students; exhorted Congress workers to throw off slavery to foreign language;  called on Srinivasa Sastri.
1946January31Spoke to volunteers  and members of mess committee; addressed Andhra Pradesh workers of Kasturba Fund; blessed  tablets to be laid for new buildings of Andhra Mahila Sabha; appealed to workers to learn  Hindustani.
1946February1laid foundation stone  for Harijan Industrial School, which he suggested could be named after Thakkar Bapa; at  Harijan Industrial School, Kodambakka, expressed hope that some Harijans would aspire to  become Sanskrit pundits.
1946February2In Harijan, explained  why the weekly was revived; left for Madura; en route spoke at Acharapakkam,  Ariyalur, Lalgudi, Golden Rock and Manapparai.
1946February3At Madurai, visited  Meenakshi temple; at Palni, visited the temple and wrote in Visitors’ Book.
1946February4Returned to Madras;  during short interval before boarding train to Wardha, called on Srinivasa Sastri.
1946February5At Vijayawada, blessed  the foundation-stone of Hindustani Bhavan; in speech, dispelled rumours that he came to  set up Rajagopalchari as premier; appealed to people not to waste their time on language  differences; reached Wardha late in the night.
1946February6Addressed public  meeting.
1946February7In reply to U.P.I.  representative, denied report of his having admitted that Bengal famine was not man-made.
1946February8In Harijan, answered  questions of Golden Rock workers.
1946February10Rajendra Prasad met  Gandhi before latter began his silence; Harijan weeklies resumed publication.
1946February10In letter to Viceroy,  Gandhi regretted inability to accept his invitation to go to Delhi and discuss food  situation with him.
1946February11Viceroy’s Private  Secretary G.E.B. Abell called on Gandhi for discussion on food crisis.
1946February11Gandhi wrote down his  answers.
1946February11Aruna Asaf Ali called  on Gandhi after prayer meeting.
1946February12At Wardha, Gandhi  spoke at second Goseva Sangh Conference.
1946February12In statement on his  talks with Abell, reiterated stand that Viceroy should invite Abul Kalam Azad so far as  Congress policy was concerned.
1946February14In Harijan, suggested  guidelines for facing foods crisis.
1946February14Attended Hindustani  Prachar Sabha meeting.
1946February15 and 16
1946February16Advised Zakir Husain  and some other members of Talimi Sangh that, in addition to their educational activity,  they should become instruments for increasing food production.
1946February17Spoke to  teacher-trainees on Basic Education; left for Poona.
1946February18In Bombay, addressed  prayer meeting.
1946February19In Harijan dissuaded  public servants from misusing for personal ends trust reposed in them by the public.
1946February20Reached Poona.
1946February21In message to British  people, said "My life is a message."
1946February22In Press statement,  condemned coercive fasts.
1946February22Presided over the  meeting of All-India nature Cure Foundation Trustees.
1946February23In Press statement,  condemned mutiny in the navy.
1946February23The Aga Khan and Nawab  of Bhopal met Gandhi.
1946February25 and 26
1946February26In Press statement,  Gandhi said that Aruna Asaf Ali betrayed "want of foresight to disbelieve British  declarations".
1946February27Warned Manchershaw  Awari against fast.
1946February28In telegram to Awari,  Gandhi reiterated his advice to give up fast, and suggested that he should refer his  grievances to Congress Working Committee and A.I.C.C.
1946March1In telegram, again  advised Awari to abandon fast and agitate for redress of grievances, if any.
1946March3In Harijan, Gandhi  answered Aruna Asaf Ali’s criticism of his call to R.I.N. men to resign, if their  condition was humiliating.
1946March4In letter to Dr.  Dinshaw K. Mehta, repented for "the blunder" in having expensive premises for  Nature Cure Clinic.
1946March6In Harijan, confessed  his mistake in attempting to practice nature cure in Poona instead of in a village.  Recommended formation of satyagraha brigades in every village and every block of building  in cities, to help prevent looting.
1946March7In Harijan, deplored  practice of communal discrimination in sale of Hindu and Mussalman tea, etc., allowed by  railways.
1946March7In letter to J.P.  Bhansali, desired that none should undertake fast without his prior permission.
1946March7In All-India Nature  Cure Foundation Trustees’ meeting, emphasized importance of Ramanama as basis of  nature cure.
1946MarchOn or after 8Drafted memorandum to  be presented to Viceroy by deputation of South Africa Indians.
1946March11Left Poona at 7.30  a.m.; reached Bombay for the Congress Working Committee meeting.
1946March12 and 13At Birla House,  advised Shah Nawaz Khan and P.K. Sehgal of I.N.A. to absorb themselves in constructive  work as it was derogatory for a soldier to live upon charity.
1946March14At Shivaji Park, in  prayer meeting, explained the way of living and dying in satyagraha.
1946March15In Harijan, described  reported worship of his image in temple erected for him as insult and "gross form of  idolatory"; suggested the place be converted into a spinning centre. At prayer  meeting, explained significance of Ramanama in nature cure.
1946March16In statement to the  Press, commended Potti Sriramulu’s service for the cause of Harijans at Nellore.
1946March17In Harijan and Harijanbandhu, explained the disadvantages of the decimal coinage system and appealed to Central  Legislative assembly to reject Bill for its implementation. Gave interview to H.N.  Brailsford.
1946March18Condoled with Viceroy  on the death of his son-in-law at Quetta in an accident.
1946March19In letters to Amritlal  V. Thakkar and Vallabhbhai Patel, expressed his desire to put up in Bhangi quarters during  visits to Bombay and Delhi.
1946March21At public meeting,  announced decision to go to Uruli-Kanchan in order to make nature cure available to the  poor.
1946March22At Uruli-Kanchan, at  prayer meeting, announced that he would receive patients for nature cure treatment from  the following day.
1946March23In letter to G.D.  Birla, reaffirmed his decision to stay in Bhangi quarters wherever he went.
1946March25In Harijan, explained  reasons behind decision to put up in Bhangi quarters.
1946March28 to 30At two independent  meetings, spoke to Agents and Executive Committee of the Kasturba Smarak Trust.
1946March30In Harijan, announced  that there was "strong evidence to counteract the feeling" that Subhas Bose was  dead.
1946March30Opened liberary named  after Kasturba.
1946March30At prayer meeting,  advised people to lead healthy lives and turn the place into a model village.
1946March31Left for Delhi in  response to Viceroy’s invitation.
1946April1In Delhi, met Cabinet  Ministers in the evening; spoke at prayer meeting.
1946April3In letter to Lord  Pethick-Lawrence, pleaded for abolition of sales tax and release of prisoners.
1946April4Appealed to the Press  to excuse him from answering questions on Cabinet Mission.
1946April4At Delhi Cantonment,  met I.N.A. men.
1946April5At prayer meeting,  paid tributes to I.N.A. men and Subhas Chandra Bose.
1946April6In Harijan, reminded  Ministers that they were "servants of the people" and that payments were meant  only for those who could not "easily afford to render free service".
1946April6At prayer meeting,  explained the origin and significance of the National Week observed from April 6 to 13.
1946April8In letter to G.E.B.  Abell, asked for an interview with Viceroy.
1946April11Visited I.N.A. men  detained in Red Fort.
1946AprilOn or before 13Had discussion with  Woodrow Wyatt.
1946April13At prayer meeting,  commended Government gesture in releasing I.N.A. men, Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar  Lohia.
1946April14Gandhi was in New  Delhi at the invitation of Viceroy and Cabinet Mission.
1946April14Congress Working  Committee met.
1946April15Gandhi advised T.  Prakasam not to contest election for Chief Ministership of Madras.
1946April15Spoke at Prayer  meeting.
1946AprilBefore 16Sent message for  Indian National Army.
1946April16Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April16Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April17Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April17Congress Working  Committee met.
1946April17V.S. Srinivasa Sastri  died.
1946April18In Harijan Gandhi  paid tribute to V.S. Srinivasa Sastri.
1946April18Called on Madan Mohan  Malaviya and Pethick-Lawrence.
1946April18Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April19Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946AprilBefore 20Met S.A. Ayer.
1946April20Visited Kasturba  Balika Ashram and jamia Millia. Gave statement to press regarding T. Prakasam.
1946AprilBefore 23Had talk with a  zamindar and missionaries.
1946April23Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April24Had interview with  Herbert Hoover.
1946April24Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April25Met Archibald  rowlands; sent to him draft and note on proposed proclamation on salt.
1946April25Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April26Gave statement to  Press regarding Herbert Hoover’s visit.
1946April26Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April26Stafford Cripps called  on Gandhi.
1946April14Gandhi was in New  Delhi at the invitation of Viceroy Cabinet Mission.
1946April14Congress Working  Committee met.
1946April15Gandhi advised  T.Prakasam not to contest election for Chief Ministership of Madras.
1946April15Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946AprilBefore 16Sent message for  Indian National Army.
1946April16Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April16Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April17Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April17Congress Working  Committee met.
1946April17V.S. Srinivasa Sastri  died.
1946April18In Harijan Gandhi  paid tribute to V.S. Srinivasa Sastri.
1946April18Called on Madan Mohan  Malaviya and Pethick-Lawrence.
1946April18Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April19Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946AprilBefore 20Met S.A. Ayer.
1946April20Visited Kasturba  Balika Ashram and Jamia Millia. Gave statement to Press regarding t. Prakasam.
1946AprilBefore 23Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April24Had interview with  Herbert Hoover.
1946April24Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April25Met Archibald  Rowlands; sent to him draft and note on proposed proclamation on salt.
1946April25Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April26Gave statement to  Press regarding Herbert Hoover’s visit.
1946April26Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April26Stafford Cripps called  on Gandhi.
1946April27Gandhi met Jayaprakash  Narayan.
1946April27Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946April27Cabinet Mission  invited representatives of Congress and Muslim League for negotiations at Simla.
1946April28Gandhi addressed  volunteers at flag-hoisting ceremony. Spoke at prayer meeting.
1946April28Congress Working  Committee meeting.
1946April29Gandhi called on Madan  Mohan Malaviya.
1946April29Congress Working  Committee concluded its session.
1946April30Stafford Cripps called  on Gandhi.
1946May2Gandhi arrived in  Simla in response to Cabinet Mission’s invitation.
1946May2Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946May3Had talk with Agatha  Harrison.
1946May4In statement to Press  explained reason for sending his party back to Delhi.
1946May5Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946May5Conference with  Cabinet Mission began.
1946May6Bhulabhai Desai died  in Bombay. Gandhi telegraphed condolence to Dhirubhai B.Desai; through press paid tribute  to Bhulabhai Desai.
1946May6Met Viceroy and  Cabinet Mission.
1946May6Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946May7Speaking at prayer  meeting, denounced tendency of speculation and asked people and press to desist from  spreading remours. Met Visited and Stafford Cripps.
1946May8Had discussion with  Stafford Cripps.
1946May10Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946May11Met Viceroy. Spoke at  prayer meeting.
1946May12At prayer meeting  asked people not to be disappointed even in Conference failed and reiterated his faith in  Cabinet Mission.
1946May12Met Viceroy.
1946May12Conference ended in a  breakdown.
1946May13Gandhi sent condolence  to Seth Govinddas.
1946May13In message at prayer  meeting stated that there was no need for depression at the failure of conference.
1946May14Left Simla for Delhi.
1946May15At prayer meeting  warned people against speculation on impending statement of Cabinet Mission.
1946May15Met H.N. Brailsford  and his wife.
1946May16In message expressed  his conviction that Indians in South Africa must not submit to Land Tenure legislation. At  prayer meeting asked people not to be led away by prejudice but to study statement  carefully.
1946May16Cabinet Mission’s  statement released to Press.
1946May17Gandhi attended  Congress Working Committee meeting.
1946May17Welcoming statement at  prayer meeting placed his interpretation before people.
1946May18At prayer meeting  expressed hope that Statement would be honoured in letter and in spirit.
1946May18Congress Working  Committee meeting continued.
1946May19Gandhi had discussion  with Pethick-Lawrence.
1946May19Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946May20In Harijan analysed  Cabinet Mission’s statement.
1946May20Attended prayer  meeting; written message was read out. Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.
1946May21Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting. Spoke at prayer meeting.
1946May22Addressed I.N.A.  Officers.
1946May22Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1946May22Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946May23Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting. Spoke at prayer meeting.
1946May24Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1946May24Spoke at prayer  meeting .
1946May24Congress Working  Committee passed resolution expressing its inability "to give a final opinion at this  stage on the proposals."
1946May25Gandhi spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946May26In Harijan discussed  "vital defects" of official interpretation of statement.
1946May26Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946May27Referring to riots, at  prayer meeting asked people not "to encourage them by word, deed or thought".
1946May28Reached Mussoorie for  rest on medical advice.
1946May29At prayer meeting  reminded the rich of the misery of rickshow-coolies and advised them to build dharamshala  for the poor.
1946May31Gave interview to  Norman Cliff.
1946May31At prayer meeting,  again appealed for building dharamshalas for the poor and Harijans.
1946May31Met Abul Kalam Azad.
1946June2Addressed Azad Hind  Dal Volunteers.
1946June2At prayer meeting  spoke of deplorable living conditions of labourers in Mussoorie and emphasized need for  sanitation.
1946June3At prayer meeting,  through written message, welcomed move for building dharamshala
1946JuneOn or before 5At prayer meeting  deplored the custom for rickshaw-pulling.
1946JuneOn or before 6Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946June6Muslim League Council  passed resolution accepting Cabinet Mission’s proposals.
1946June7Gandhi spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946June8At prayer meeting  spoke about work done in connection with dharamshala.
1946June8Left Mussoorie;  reached New Delhi.
1946June9Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1946June9At prayer meeting  advised people to pray and rely on God.
1946June10Attended prayer  meeting; written message was read out. Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.
1946June11At prayer meeting,  regretting inability to give any definite news, pleaded for patience.
1946June11Had interview with  Viceroy.
1946June12Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting. At prayer meeting, appealed to European to abstain from  participation in Constituent Assembly.
1946June12Had interview with  Pethick-Lawrence.
1946June13Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1946June13Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946June14Congress president  wrote to Viceroy rejecting proposal for formation of Interim Government.
1946June14At prayer meeting  Gandhi spoke of Cabinet Mission’s efforts to bring Congress and Muslim League  together.
1946June16Had interview with  Pethick-Lawrence.
1946June16Viceroy’s  statement inviting 14 individuals to serve as members of Interim Government, issued.
1946June16At prayer meeting  Gandhi referred to Vicergal statement and asked people, in spite of his misgiving, to look  at bright side and trust in the bonafides of Mission.
1946June17Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1946June18Congress Working  Committee meeting continued.
1946June18Gandhi spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946June19Spoke at Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1946June19At prayer meeting  depressed irresponsible reports appearing in press.
1946June20In interview with  Stafford Cripps, reiterated that Mission must choose between Congress and Muslim League.  Jawaharlal Nehru arrested following defiance of ban on his entry into Kashmir.
1946June20Gandhi spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946June21Spoke at Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1946June21Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946June21Jawaharlal Nehru  released.
1946June22At prayer meeting,  Gandhi spoke on satyagraha against Segregation Act in South Africa.
1946June23At Congress Working  Committee meeting advised Congress to keep out of Interim Government.
1946June23Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946June24Had interview with  Cabinet Delegation in morning. Expressed his misgiving before Congress Working Committee  at morning and afternoon sessions.
1946June24After ending silence  at 8 p.m. again had interview with Cabinet Delegation and Viceroy.
1946June25At Congress Working  Committee meeting in morning, voiced his doubts and advised it not to accept long-term  proposition without its being connected with Interim Government.
1946June25Attended afternoon  session of Congress Working Committee meeting.
1946June25Congress President  communicated to Viceroy Congress Working Committee’s decision to reject proposal for  Interim Government and to accept long-term proposal relating to Constituent Assembly.
1946June25At prayer meeting,  referring to Congress Working Committee’s decision, Gandhi asked people "to  follow the lead given by the Working Committee".
1946June26Congress Working  Committee passed resolution rejecting Interim Government proposal and accepting long-term  arrangement; concluded its session.
1946June26Gandhi gave interview  to Louis Fischer.
1946June26Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946June26Viceroy and Cabinet  Mission announced that a temporary caretaker Government of officials would be set up.
1946June27At prayer meeting,  Gandhi asked people to pray for Indian satyagrahis in South Africa.
1946June28At prayer meeting paid  tribute to courage of satyagrahis in South Africa.
1946June29En route to  Poona gave interview to Norman Cliff on train.
1946June29Between Karjat and  Neral, his train met with an accident at night.
1946June29Cabinet Mission left  for England.
1946June30Gandhi reached Poona.
1946June30At prayer meeting  spoke of his providential escape in train accident.
1946July1Communal riots broke  out in Ahmedabad. Gandhi wrote to Morarji Desai in this connection.
1946July1At prayer meeting  condemned hooliganism of white men in South Africa.
1946July2At prayer meeting  expressed sorrow and shame at communal riots.
1946July3At prayer meeting,  paid tribute to courage of satyagrahis in South Africa and told people to pray to God to  give strength to satyagrahis.
1946July3Gave interview to  Joachim Dias and Chandrakant Kokodkar.
1946July5Reached Bombay.
1946July5Attended Congress  Working Committee meeting.
1946July6Newly elected All  India Congress committee met under presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
1946July6Gandhi attended  A.I.C.C. meeting.
1946July6Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946July7Addressed A.I.C.C.  meeting.
1946July7A.I.C.C. passed two  resolutions, one ratifying Congress Working Committee’s resolution passed at Delhi,  and another supporting Indian satyagraha in South Africa.
1946July7Gandhi spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946JulyOn  or before 8Gave interview to Daily  Herald.
1946July8Through Press  acknowledged congratulatory messages on his providential escape.
1946July8At prayer meeting  spoke of insanitary conditions of chawls.
1946July9Left Bombay; reached  Poona.
1946July10Attended Kasturba  Memorial Trust meeting.
1946July10At prayer meeting  strongly condemned prosecution of Indian satyagrahis by whites.
1946July11Attended meeting of  Kasturba Memorial Trust and All-India Spinners’ Association.
1946July11Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946July12At prayer meeting  spoke about conditions of Indians in Ceylon.
1946July13Reached Panchgani.
1946July13Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946July14Had discussion with  Nimbalkar of Indian national Army.
1946July14Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946July16Gandhi was at  Panchgani.
1946July17, 18Gave interview to  Louis Fischer.
1946July20Had talks with members  of Harijan Sevak Sangh and Raja of Aundh. Representative of East Africa called.
1946July21Opened Dharamshala at  Panchgani. Nawab of Wai called on Gandhi.
1946July22, 27A.G. Tendulkar,  President of Goa Congress Committee called on Gandhi.
1946July28At Poona, Gandhi  addressed meeting of Deccan Princes.
1946July29Gandhi addressed  Education Ministers’ Conference. Muslim League passed Direct Action resolution.
1946July31Gandhi addressed  Industries Ministers’ Conference.
1946August6Gandhi arrived at  Sevagram.
1946August8Attended meeting of  Congress Working Committee.
1946August9, 12At Wardha, Addressed  Seksaria College of Commerce. The Working Committee meeting continued.
1946August13At Sevagram,. Raja  Mahendra Pratap called on Gandhi.
1946August16Four days rioting  started in Calcutta as the consequence of Direct Action call by Muslim League.
1946August18Gandhi spoke at the  meeting of Doctors.
1946August21Gandhi addressed  Hindustani Prachar Trainees.
1946August23Addressed Trainees of  Basic Teachers’ Camp.
1946August25Left Sevagram for  Delhi.
1946August26Arrived in New Delhi.
1946August27In New Delhi. Gandhi,  accompanied by Jawaharlal Nehru, called on Viceroy. Attended Working Committee meeting.
1946August28, 30The Working Committee  Meeting continued.
1946September1Communal riots broke  out in Bombay.
1946September2Interim Government  took office. Congress Ministers before taking oath called on Gandhi.
1946September11Charkha class  introduced at Bhangi Colony.
1946September16Gandhi had talk with  Christian Missionary.
1946September24Gandhi had talks with  American and English journalists.
1946September25Attended A.I.C.C.  meeting.
1946September26Met Viceroy.
1946September29Had discussion with  Hridaya Nath Kunzru, Hindustan Boy Scouts Association and Nawab of Bhopal.
1946October2Had discussion with  Nawab of Bhopal.
1946October8Had discussion with  members of A.I.S.A. and Nawab of Bhopal.
1946October10Communal violence  broke out in Noakhali and Tippera.
1946October15Muslim League  announced its decision to join Interim Government.
1946October16Gandhi had talk with  Assam Deputation.
1946October18Had discussion with  co-workers.
1946October21In interview to  Preston Grover, Gandhi announced that he would visit Bengal after meeting Jawaharlal Nehru  and other leaders.
1946October21Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946October24Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946October25Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946October26Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946October27In the evening spoke  at prayer meeting.
1946OctoberBefore 28Left by train for  Calcutta.
1946October29At Sodepur. Addressed  prayer meeting.
1946October30Had discussions with  Governor and Prime Minister of Bengal. Spoke at prayer meeting.
1946October31Addressing prayer  gathering said that he was hopeful of peace between Hindus and Muslims.
1946November1Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946November2Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946November3In telegram to  Jawaharlal Nehru, expressed concern over reported violence by Hindus in Bihar.
1946November3At prayer gathering,  referred to Bihar riots and exhorted the Hindus not to indulge in revenge.
1946November4Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946November5In letter to  Jawaharlal Nehru, expressed distress over Bihar events and hinted that he might have to  undertake a fast.
1946November5At prayer meeting,  reiterated his strong wish that Hindus should not "succumb to the temptation of  retort".
1946November6In open letter to  Bihar Hindus in Harijan said his "low diet will become a fast unto death"  if the situation in Bihar did not improve. Gave interview to the United Press of India.  Left for Noakhali; spoke at Kushtia and Goalundu en route.
1946November7At Chandpur. Addressed  relief workers and Muslim League leaders. At Chaumuhani, spoke at prayer meeting.
1946November8Had discussion with  Muslim League leaders.
1946November9Reached Dattapara;  spoke at prayer meeting.
1946November11Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946November12Madan Mohan Malaviya  died. Gandhi spoke at prayer meeting.
1946November13Had discussion with  co-workers.
1946November14At Shahpur. Expressed  disinclination for any police escort. At Kazirkhil, addressed prayer meeting.
1946November15Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946November16At Kazirkhil. Abdul  Goffran, Minister for Civil Supplies, Ahmed Hussain, Agriculture Minister and a number of  Parlimentary Secretaries and Muslim League workers met Gandhi in the evening to discuss  rehabilitation proposals of the Government.
1946November16At prayer meeting,  Gandhi expressed desire to live with a Muslim League member.
1946November17In the morning,  visited Dashgharia; spoke to women. At Kazirkhil, addressed prayer meeting.
1946November19Resumed regular diet  after the fast started on November 6; at 7.30 a.m. visited a Muslim house and talked about  Koran to the inmates. At Madhupur, addressed prayer meeting. Gave interview to The  Hindu.
1946November20Reached Srirampur with  Nirmal Kumar Bose and Parasuram. In statement, declared decision to suspend correspondence  including work for Harijan and the allied weeklies. In interview to The Hindu,  explained his programme of activity in the village. At pray
1946November21Gave interview to  Hindu political workers.
1946November22In interview to Nalini  Mitra and Rashamoy Sur, warned "…transfer of population… would be  suicidal for the whole country." In the evening, at Conference of Hindu-Muslim  representatives, approved of the formation of Peace Committees and said that their s
1946November2354th session of Indian National Congress opened at Meerut.
1946November24Had discussion with  Sarat Chandra Bose and his co-workers.
1946November25At Ramgunj. Spoke at  Peace Committee meeting in the evening.
1946November26Gave interview to  members of Communist Party and Students’ Federation in the morning. Met visitors from  Gita Press, Gorakhpur. Spoke at prayer meeting.
1946November27In interview to the  Press asserted that migration was no remedy.
1946November28Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946November29spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946November30Gave interview to  United press Representative who was staying with him near his cottage. In the meeting,  addressed prayer meeting.
1946December2Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946December3In letter to  Suhrawardy, expressed misgivings about the functioning of Peace Committees. In statement,  suggested solution of the deadlock over Constituent Assembly. Spoke at prayer meeting.
1946December4Gave interview to  Amiya Chakravarty. Addressed prayer meeting.
1946December5In letter to  Suhrawardy, suggested that "there should be an impartial commission appointed with  the consent of the two Governments, to go into the disturbances, both in Noakhali and  Bihar."
1946December5Had discussion with  Hindu Mahasabha leaders.
1946December6Spoke at Prayer  meeting.
1946December7Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946December9Deobhankar and other  Congress leaders met Gandhi.
1946December10Gandhi spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946December11Wrote to V.A. Sundaram  about collection and distribution of funds for Malaviya Memorial. At prayer meeting,  announced plan to undertake walking tour through villages.
1946December12Addressed prayer  gathering.
1946December14At Madhupur. Opened  Indian Medical Association Hospital. Addressed prayer meeting.
1946December15In interview, advised  Assam Congressmen that Assam "should lodge its protest and retire from the  Constituent Assembly".
1946December16At workers’  meeting, advised them to learn the art of selfless service. At prayer meeting, recommended  Jawaharlal Nehru’s resolution on the objectives of Constituent Assembly.
1946December17Asaf Ali met Gandhi  spoke at prayer meeting.
1946December18At prayer meeting,  expressed regret for exaggerated reports in the newspapers.
1946DecemberBefore 19Advised Sikhs to  "never agree to grouping in any shape of form".
1946December20Gave interview to  Raymond Cartier. Spoke at prayer meeting.
1946December21Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946December23Dissuaded Nandigram  refugees from hunger-strike. Spoke at prayer meeting.
1946December24Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946December25In message to the  Secretary, Andhra Harijan Sevak Sangh, conveyed blessings to the temple-entry movement.
1946December26Spoke at prayer  meeting.
1946December27Devnath Das of the  Indian National Army and Dr. Pavitra Mohan ray met Gandhi. Gandhi spoke at prayer meeting.
1946December28At prayer meeting,  introduced Jawaharlal Nehru and other Congress leaders.
1946December29Had a talk with  Gopinath Bardoloi on question of Assam’s going into Sections.
1946December30Sent blessing to Kashi  Vidyapith on its silver jubilee celebrations.
1946December31Spoke at prayer  meeting.

 

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