Chronology of Mahatma Gandhi's life/India 1940

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India 1939

Chronology of Mahatma Gandhi's life ~ India 1940 written by Mohandas K. Gandhi

India 1941

1940, January On or before 2

Sent cable to Isment Inonu expressing sampathy on earthquake in Turkey.

1940, January Before 6

Had discussion with Christian missionaries.

1940, January Before 7

Gave interview to an English reporter.

1940, January On or before 8

Sent condolences on lala Shamlal's death. Sent condolences to Hirday Nath Kanuzru on Venkatasubbiah's death.

1940, January 8

In Harijan paid tribute to Venkatasubbiah.

1940, January 9 and 10

Had discussion with Bhai Paramanand.

1940, January 13

Met C. Rajagopalachari.

1940, January Before 15

Had discussion with English Pacifists.

1940, January 15

Had discussion with Rajendra Prasad and C. Rajagopalachari.

1940, January 15

In Harijan congratulated M.A. Jinnah on forming pact with other political parties.

1940, January 17

Expressed doubt in letter to Lord Linlithgow whether time had "arrived for our meeting" in view of interviews the Viceroy had with Bhulabhai Desai, K. M. Munshi and B. G. Kher.

1940, January 19

Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.

1940, January 20

Had discussion with Bengal leaders.

1940, January 20

C.W.C. meeting continued.

1940, January 21

C.W.C. session concluded.

1940, January 22

Gandhiji had discussion with Subhas Chandra Bose.

1940, January 23

Wrote to Lord Linlithgow that he could reach Delhi and day after February 4.

1940, January 25

Through Press issued warning against sale and purchase of uncertified khadi.

1940, January 26

Independence Day celebrated.

1940, January Before 27

Gandhi sent message to All-India Women’s Conference.

1940, January 31

Gave interview to Holmes Smith.

1940, February 3

Left Wardha for Delhi.

1940, February 3

En route gave interview to Associate Press at Nagpur.

1940, February 4

Reached Delhi.

1940, February 4

Met Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan.

1940, February 5

Had interview with Viceroy at 11 a.m.

1940, February 5

Government communique on interview issued in evening.

1940, February 6

Gave statement to Press about difference between Congress demand and Vicergal offer.

1940, February 6

Left Delhi for Wardha.

1940, February 6

En route gave interview to Press at Jhansi.

1940, February 7

Sent cable to The News Cronicle.

1940, February 7

Cabled statement to The Daily Herald, London.

1940, February 7

Sent message to mill-workers, Ahmedabad.

1940, February 8

Had discussion with Gulzarilal Nanda.

1940, February 9

Gave interview to Harbans Singh.

1940, February 14

Issued statement to the Press on Zetland’s interview to The Sunday Times.

1940, February 15

Left Wardha in evening.

1940, February 17

Reached Calcutta in morning; later proceeded to Santiniketan.

1940, February 17

At Santiniketan spoke in reply to address in afternoon.

1940, February 18

Visited Sriniketan.

1940, February 18

Had discussion with Rabindranath Tagore. Attended drammatic performance of "Chandalika".

1940, February On or before 10

Had discussion with Pacifists.

1940, February 19

Left Santiniketan.

1940, February 19

Reached Calcutta in afternoon.

1940, February 19

Visited C.F. Andrews at Presidency General Hospital.

1940, February 19

Called on N.R. Sarkar.

1940, February 19

Left Calcutta at night.

1940, February 20

Reached Malikanda.

1940, February 20

Opened Khadi and Village Industries Exhibition; Visited injured volunteers at hospital.

1940, February 20

Made will in favour of "Navjivan" about copyrights of his writings.

1940, February 21

Addressed Gandhi Seva Sangh and advised it to give up politics.

1940, February 22

Spoke at Gandhi Seva Sangh meeting.

1940, February 22

Gandhi Seva Sangh passed resolution eschewing politics and confining itself to constructive programme.

1940, February 24

Spoke at Bengal Workers’ Conference.

1940, February 24

Addressed Bengal women workers.

1940, February 25

Spoke at public meeting.

1940, February 25

Left Malikanda.

1940, February 26

Reached Calcutta.

1940, February 26

Sent message to people of Manipur.

1940, February 27

1940, February 27

Gave message to Press for Bengal.

1940, February 27

Left for Patna.

1940, February 28

Reached Patna.

1940, February 28

Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.

1940, February 28

Had discussion with Socialists.

1940, February 29

C.W.C. meeting continued.

1940, February 29

Bengal Provincial Congress committee suspended.

1940, March 1

Gandhi attended C.W.C. meeting.

1940, March 1

Met Scheduled Caste representatives.

1940, March 1

C.W.C. approved resolution to launch civil disobedience as soon as organization was considered fit enough or "in case circumstances so shaped themselves as to precipitate a crisis" and recommended it for Congress session at Ramgarh.

1940, March 2

Gandhi reached Calcutta.

1940, March 2

Issued statement to Press on Patna Resolution clarifying that Congress had not closed door on negotiation but it could not be on Zetland’s terms.

1940, March 3

Arrived in Segaon.

1940, March 5

Notified in Harijan change of name from ‘Segaon’ to ‘Sevagram’.

1940, March 7

Jayaprakash Narayan was arrested.

1940, March Before 12

Gandhi had discussion with a missionary.

1940, March 12

Had discussion with Christian missionaries.

1940, March 12

Left for Ramgarh in evening.

1940, March 13

Sir Michael O’Dwyer shot dead and Zetland, Lamington and Sir Louis Dane wounded in London.

1940, March 14

At Ramgarh Gandhi opened khadi and village Industries Exhibition.

1940, March 14

Issued statement to the Press condemning Michael O’Dwyer’s assassination.

1940, March 14

Sent condolences to Michael O’Dwyer’s family.

1940, March 15 and 16

Attended Subject Committee Meeting.

1940, March 18

Addressed Subject Committee.

1940, March 18

Spoke at Exhibition.

1940, March 19

At Ranchi opened Thakkar Bhavan and Industrial Home at Harijans and Aborigines in morning.

1940, March 19

Returned to Ramgarh.

1940, March 19

Gave interview to Associate Press.

1940, March 20

Spoke at Congress session.

1940, March 20

Gave interview to Ceylonese National Congress delegation.

1940, March 20

Patna resolution passed.

1940, March 21

On way to Wardha.

1940, March 22

Arrived at Wardha in morning.

1940, March 22

At All-India Muslim League’s session at Lahore M.A. Jinnah suggested division of India "into autonomous national States".

1940, March 26

In Harijan Gandhi refused M.A. Jinnah’s allegation that Congress was a Hindu organization.

1940, March 30

Spoke at Khadi Yatra.

1940, March 31

Had discussion with delegates of Khadi Yatra.

1940, April 1

Had discussion with Gandhi Seva Sangh committee.

1940, April 3

Met Ghanshyamsingh Gupta.

1940, April 5

C.F. Andrews died.

1940, April 5

In statement to Press Gandhi paid tribute to C.F. Andrews.

1940, April Before 7

Had discussion with a Chinese visitor.

1940, April 12

Telegraphed congratulations to Jamnalal Bajaj on settlement between Jaipur State and Jaipur Rajya Praja Mandal.

1940, April 15

Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.

1940, April 16

Sevagram. Gandhi attended Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha.

1940, April 17

Attended Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha. Had discussion with Jawaharlal Nehru.

1940, April 20

Had discussion with Maulana Azad.

1940, April 24

K.M. Munshi called on Gandhi.

1940, May 3

Gandhi attended All-India Education Conference. Had discussion with R.S. Pandit about Congress Volunteer Corps.

1940, May 9

In an interview to The Times of India said that he would ‘Welcome a settlement which ensures peace with honour".

1940, May 16

Received a delegation of Red Shirts; Jawaharlal Nehru was present.

1940, May 17

Gandhi had discussion with Jawaharlal Nehru.

1940, May 18

Wrote Foreward to Maulana Abu Kalam Azad.

1940, April 24

Took silence for indefinite period from 7.30 a.m. In an interview to Associate Press refused to comment on Amery’s statement in House of Commons.

1940, June 2

There was a theft of a pen and some letters in Ashram.

1940, June 3

Announced his intention to fast from June 8 if theft was not traced.

1940, June 8

Gave up proposed fast over theft incident as all Ashram inmates were against it.

1940, June 17 - 19

Attended meetings of the Congress Working Committee at Wardha.

1940, June 20

Sevagram. Maulana Azad called in the morning. Gandhi had discussion with Subhas Chandra Bose.

1940, June 21

Attended joint meeting of Gandhi Seva Sangh and Charkha Sangh in Wardha.

1940, June 21

The Congress Working Committee passed resolution absolving Gandhi from responsibility of future programme and policies of the Congress.

1940, June 22

Gandhi addressed a joint meeting of Gandhi Seva Sangh and Charkha Sangh at Wardha.

1940, June 22

Was present at the meeting of Rashtrabhasha Seva Sangh, Wardha.

1940, June 22

Had long discussion with Pattabhi Sitaramayya, Rajagopalachari, Rajendra Prasad and Jamnalal Bajaj.

1940, June 27

Left for Delhi en route to Simla accompanied by Jamnalal Bajaj, Mahadev Desai, Pyarelal and others.

1940, June 28

Arrived in Delhi.

1940, June 28

Had discussion with Asaf Ali.

1940, June 28

Left for Simla.

1940, June 29

At Simla. Met the Viceroy.

1940, June 29

Left for New Delhi.

1940, June 30

New Delhi.

1940, June 30

Attended public prayer at Harijan colony.

1940, July 2

New Delhi. Issued appeal "To Every Briton" to fight Nazism with ‘non-violent arms’.

1940, July 3

Attended meeting of Congress Working Committee on special invitation and reported to the Committee on his interview with the Viceroy.

1940, July 4 and 5

Attended meeting of the Congress Working Committee.

1940, July 6

Attended meeting of the Congress Working Committee.

1940, July 6

Discussed political situation with Aney.

1940, July 7

The Congress Working Committee passed resolution stating that Britain should immediately make an unequivocal declaration according complete independence to India.

1940, July 7

Gandhi visited the Charkha Club.

1940, July 7

Left New Delhi for Wardha.

1940, July 8

Reached Wardha and then proceeded to Sevagram.

1940, July 8

Declared copyright on translations of all his articles.

1940, July 10

Had discussion with Rajagopalachari .

1940, July 13

At Wardha attended the wedding of Uma, youngest daughter of Jamnalal Bajaj.

1940, July 20

Emily Kinnaird called on Gandhi to persuade him to adopt Christianity.

1940, July 21

Gandhi had long meeting with Pandit Kunzru. Kodanda Rao met Gandhi.

1940, July 23

Dr. Profulla Chandra Ghosh met Gandhi.

1940, July 24

Gandhi had a long discussion with Maulana Azad, Rajendra Prasad and Profulla Chandra Ghosh.

1940, July 30

Rajagopalachari, Profulla Chandra Ghosh and Gopinath Bardoloi met Gandhi.

1940, August 1

Gandhi had a long talk with Rajagopalachari.

1940, August 2

Maulana Azad met Gandhi in the morning.

1940, August 10

Gandhi had discussion with Jamnalal Bajaj about Jaipur affairs.

1940, August 17

Maulana Azad arrived for discussion.

1940, August 18

Gandhi had long discussion with Maulana Azad. Attended Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha.

1940, August 19

Attended Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha.

1940, August 20

Attended afternoon session of Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha.

1940, August 21

Attended afternoon session of Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha.

1940, August 22

Attended afternoon session of Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha.

1940, August 23

Sardar Patel, Nehru and Maulana Azad met Gandhi.

1940, August 24

Gandhi had discussion with Maulana Azad in the morning. Later other Congress leaders also came. Attended meeting of National Planning Committee at Wardha.

1940, August 25

Went to Wardha to have discussion with the Congress leaders.

1940, September 5

Attended meeting of Congress Working Committee at Wardha.

1940, September 6

Sevagram Attended wedding of Dakshayani and Velayudhan.

1940, September 8

Attended the Bullocks festival.

1940, September 10

Syed Mahmud and Abdul Ghaffar Khan arrived for talks with Gandhi.

1940, September 11

Gandhi had meeting with Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Left for Bombay accompanied by Kasturba, Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Syed Mahmud.

1940, September 12

Gandhi arrived in Bombay; had informal discussions with Abul Kalam Azad, Sardar Patel, Pandit Nehru and other members of the Congress Working Committee.

1940, September 13

Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.

1940, September 15 and 16

Addressed A.I.C.C. meeting.

1940, September 17

Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.

1940, September 18

Attended Congress Working Committee meeting; left for Wardha.

1940, September 19

Reached Wardha; walked to Sevagram.

1940, September 20

C.Rajagopalachari arrived in Wardha to discuss with Gandhi the future programme of the Congress in the light of the A.I.C.C. resolution.

1940, September 25

Gandhi left for Simla accompanied by Mahadev Desai and Pyarelal.

1940, September 26

Arrived in Delhi in the morning; left for Simla in the evening.

1940, September 27

At Simla, had a meeting with the Viceroy.

1940, September 29

Met Harijan leaders.

1940, September 30

Interview with the Viceroy; left for Delhi.

1940, October 1

In Delhi, had long talk with Bhulabhai Desai and J.B. Kripalani; attended a function at Harijan Colony to celebrate his 72nd birthday; left for Wardha.

1940, October 2

In Sevagram, addressed meeting to celebrate his birthday.

1940, October 10

Had discussion with Profulla Chandra Ghosh.

1940, October 11

Attended the Congress Working Committee meeting.

1940, October 12 and 13

Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.

1940, October 13

The Congress Working Committee approved Gandhi’s plan for individual civil disobedience. Gandhi went to Paunar for discussion with Vinoba Bhave.

1940, October 15

In Sevagram, issued statement that Vinoba Bhave would be the first Satyagrahi to start individual civil disobedience.

1940, October 17

At Paunar, Vinoba Bhave began the individual Satyagraha by delivering anti-war speech.

1940, October 18

The District Magistrate, Poona, served notice on the Editors of Harijan, and allied weeklies directing them to submit to the Chief Press Adviser in Delhi all the news regarding Vinoba Bhave’s satyagraha before publication.

1940, October 21

Vinoba Bhave was arrested under the Defence of India Act.

1940, October 21

Gandhi issued a statement advising congressmen not to be impatient about the next step.

1940, October 24

Announced the temporary suspension of Harijan, Harijanbandhu and Harijan Sevak.

1940, October 30

Had seven hours’ discussion with Jawaharlal Nehru.

1940, November 4

Informed the Viceroy of his proposal to fast.

1940, November 5

At Wardha, attended Congress Working Committee meeting.

1940, November 6

Attended Congress Working Committee meeting. Gave up his porposed fast at Congress agreed to an extension of individual satyagraha.

1940, November 7

Gave away Dr. Soundaram in marriage to G. Ramachandran. Attended Congress Working Committee meeting.

1940, November 8

Attended Congress Working Committee meeting. Attended wedding of Sharad Parnerkar.

1940, November 13

Drafted a list of nearly 1,500 individual satyagrahis.

1940, November 15

Interview to Senanayake, Ceylonese Minister.

1940, November 16

In telegram to Amtussalaam, said that he was "stopping civil disobedience [in] Sind".

1940, November 17

Vallabhbhai Patel was arrested.

1940, November 18

Arthur Moor of The Stateman met Gandhi.

1940, November 23

Gandhi had discussion with Tai Chi-Tao, President of Examination Yuan of Chinese Government.

1940, November Before 24

Interview to M.L. Shah, General Secretary, All-India Students’ Federation.

1940, November 29

In statement to the Press, Gandhi exhorted students to express their national sympathy in a disciplined manner and not by resorting to strikes.

1940, December Before 3

In telegram, instructed Rajendra Prasad to prevent demonstration in connection with civil disobedience movement.

1940, December 5

Subhas Chandra Bose was released.

1940, December On or before 6

In telegram to Barada Prasanna Pain, Gandhi regretted his inability to recommend withdrawal of ban on Subhas Chandra Bose and Sarat Chandra Bose.

1940, December 6

In statement to the press, explained that Sampuran Singh’s example was a warning to people that "empty and meaningless discipline" had no value.

1940, December 7

In statement to Press, appealed to people of Bombay "to revise their sporting code and erase from it communal matches".

1940, December 16

In letter to Hansraj Radhar, a political worker from Jind, prohibited the State Congress from "civil disobedience, individual or mass".

1940, December 17

Gave instuructions for suspension of satyagraha from December 24 to January 4.

1940, December 20

In statement to the Press, called for suspension of "final judgment about Sardar Sampuran Singh’s conduct".

1940, December 21

Interview to Madras Delegration to All-India Students’ Conference.

1940, December 24

In letter to Hitlar, Gandhi appealed to him "in the name of humanity to stop the war".

1940, December Before 25

In letter to Dunichand, laid down conditions for eligibility to offer satyagraha.

1940, December 27

Invited Master Tara Singh, a prominent Akali leader, to meet him at Sevagram. (The invitee had resigned from the Congress following lengthy correspondence between him and Gandhi on the question of non-violence.)

1940, December 29

In letter to Subhas Chandra Bose, said "As for your Bloc joining civil disobedience, I think, with the fundamental differences between you and me, it is not possible."