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  1. The response occurs with his Satyagraha in the city, beginning at the time of independence and culminating in his Calcutta fast of early September 1947. The paper examines his response to the crisis there, and the manner in which the city responded to him. It.

  2. The Fast. Gandhiji began his fast for allaying the communal frenzy and restoration of sanity in Calcutta at 8-15 p.m. on the 1st of September, 1947, and broke it at 9-15 p.m. on the 4th instant with a glass of sweet lime juice which Mr. Suhrawardy served to him.

  3. List of fasts undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, informally The Father of the Nation in India, undertook 18 fasts during India's freedom movement. His longest fasts lasted 21 days. Fasting was a weapon used by Gandhi as part of his philosophy of Ahimsa ( non-violence) as well as satyagraha.

    Number
    Date
    Duration
    Place
    1
    1913 (July 13–20) [2]
    7 days
    Phoenix, South Africa
    2
    1914 (February)
    1 day [4]
    Phoenix, South Africa
    3
    1914 (May 2- May 16) [6]
    14 days
    Phoenix, South Africa
    4
    1918 (March 15–18)
    3 days
  4. Courtesy: The Print, August 14, 2023. This story is originally published by PTI News Services. The story of Mahatma Gandhi's experiment of fasting and peace in riot-hit Calcatta, now Kolkata.

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  7. Oct 2, 2015 · Fast for 1 week; thereafter, 1 meal a day for 20 weeks. Late 1913, South Africa. During the Miners March. When striking indentured labourers were killed by policemen, Gandhi ate one meal a day for ...

  8. Gandhi’s close associates ‘cannot conceal their anxiety’ at his decision, said the paper, as his health was still frail, after the fast in Calcutta.

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