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On Gandhi’s first entry into the city of Ahmedabad after the historic march to Dandi twelve months ago, people were drawn to him as towards a magnet…

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Replying to the citizen's address, Gandhi justified the provisional settlement and asked the people to respect it in letter and spirit, for, though it did not give Swaraj, it opened the second door to it...

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For the children his message was, “The history of the world speaks loudly about the actions of children. So, I expect much from you in the struggle ahead…”

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At the volunteers’ rally in Bombay, Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress President, after paying a tribute to the brave comrades, reaffirmed, “it is truce not peace…the Congress stands by the independence resolution.”

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Jawaharlal Nehru characterized Gandhi as the father and apostle of the Indian revolution.

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In the third week of March, Gandhi and his colleagues were given a reception the like of which Bombay had seldom witnessed…

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Gandhi stressed the importance of compromise. “ New age has now begun… For full twelve months we have developed a war mentality.

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He declared that he did not conceive of any Swaraj in which the workers and the peasants had no hand in the administration of the state.

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Congratulating the workers at a Khadi center, Gandhi stressed the importance of constructive work as a preparation for Swaraj.

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Gandhi held the Congress Volunteers and their work in esteem and asked them to be prepared both for peace and war…

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Despite Gandhi’s desperate pleading, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were executed on the eve of the Karachi Congress, Gandhi felt that the...

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The Karachi Congress convened under the shadow of Bhagat Singh’s execution truly represented the temper of the country at the moment…

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The Congress had a strong contingent of “Khudai Khidmatgars”- servants of God.

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The annual session of the Congress met under the presidentship of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on March 29, 1931.

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At the Congress, the awakened spirit of the people was very much in evidence… It adopted a charter of fundamental rights embodying Gandhi’s eleven points ....

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The Congress session marked the pinnacle of Gandhi’s popularity and prestige with the people…

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Gandhi said that his death could not kill Gandhism, which was the cult of non-violence and love and appealed to young men to come out and embrace his creed.

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Gandhi was confident that God’s covenant, that those who tread on the straight and narrow path shall never come to grief, would inspire the people with faith and hope ...

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The Karachi Congress gave Gandhi an unrestricted mandate and invested him with full authority to speak and act in the name of the country.