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Why have many scholars written of the months after independence as being Gandhiji's finest hour? |
| Answer» <html><body><p></p>Solution :(i)Amidst the communal frenzy, violence and bloodbath following the Direct Action <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/day-944776" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DAY">DAY</a>, Gandhi tried his best to put into effect his lifelong princeple of non-violence and to win people.s hearts like a one-man army- <br/> (ii) Gandhiji walked barefoot through riot-torn areas and made heroic attempts in village of Noakhali in East Bengal and those of Bihar, in the slums of Calcutta and Delhi to reassure minorities, ensure safe passage and build a mutual trust. <br/> (iii) Gandhiji returned to Calcutta on the eve of `15^(th) ` Aug. He persuaded Suhrawardy to stay with him in the riot torn Beliaghata. On 31st August the riots abruptly halted when he went on a fast unto death from 1st Sept to 4th Sept. <br/> (iv)Communal riots started in Delhi soon afterwards, with Hindu massacre of Muslims in revenge for Punjab. Gandhiji tried to build a spirit of mutual trust and confidence between the two-communities. <br/> (v) Ganghiji fought with the mentality of those who <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wanted-3266983" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WANTED">WANTED</a> to throw out every <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/muslim-567612" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MUSLIM">MUSLIM</a>. On <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/guru-478345" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GURU">GURU</a> Nanak.s birthday he felt ashamed as not a single muslim was founded in Chandni <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/chowk-916161" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CHOWK">CHOWK</a>, Delhi . <br/> (vi) He undertook a fast to death to set a change of heart. Many Hindus and Sikh migrants also fasted with him. The effects of the fast was eletric Many began realising the folly of the pogrom that they had unleashed on Delhi.s muslims. <br/>(vii)Gandhiji sacrificed his life for the cause of unity among Hindus and Muslims, for it was his assassingation that finally brought an abrupt end to the communal killings.</body></html> | |