Our Bapu - Mahatma Gandhi

Our Bapu
nothing to do with a freedom which was won through violence. The crowd
grieved very much when they heard him speak thus. Gandhiji was still trying to
pacify the people and arranging to remove the wounded police constables to
the hospital, when news came that the police had opened fire on a crowd in
another part of the city. This was more than the people could bear. They were
wild with rage and once again there was looting of shops and burning of
tramcars. Disorder and violence reigned again.
Gandhiji saw that the people were getting out of control. He decided to
undertake a fast. He said, 'I want to make penance for the wrongs done by the
people, and I shall break my fast only when those Hindus and Muslims who have
resorted to violence fully repent and ask for forgiveness of the Parsis and the
Christians whom they have wronged.'
Gandhiji's wishes were immediately carried out. The leaders of all the groups
came to him and assured him that those who had acted violently had already
apologized individually to those whom they had assaulted, and that the latter
had freely forgiven them. Only after this assurance was given, did Gandhiji
break his fast. And since that day he took a vow that he would observe
complete silence every Monday until India was free."
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