World Library  
  
Flag as Inappropriate
Email this Article

List of fasts undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi

Article Id: WHEBN0034514471
Reproduction Date:

Title: List of fasts undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi  
Author: World Heritage Encyclopedia
Language: English
Subject: Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Communal Award, Ravi Shankar Vyas, Natal Indian Congress
Collection:
Publisher: World Heritage Encyclopedia
Publication
Date:
 

List of fasts undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi or The Father of the Nation in India, undertook 17 fasts during India's freedom movement. His longest fasts lasted 21 days. [1] Fasting was a weapon used by Gandhi as part of his philosophy of Ahimsa or Non Violence.[2]

Fasts

Number Year (and month) Length of fast Place Reason and demands Reaction to fast Result
1 1913 (Nov 10-16) 7 days Phoenix(South Africa) First Penitential Fast[3]
2 1914 (April) 14 days Second Penitential Fast[3]
3 1918 (February) 3 days Ahmdabad In the interest of striking mill workers in Ahmedabad First fast in India Mill workers agree to arbitration[4]
4 1919 (Apr 14-16) 3 days First Anti-Violence Fast: against the attempted derail of a train at Nadiad[3]
5 1921 (Nov 19-22) 4 days Second Anti-Violence Fast: against the anarchists' activities on the occasion of the Prince of Wales arrival[3]
6 1922 (Feb 2-7) 5 days Bardoli Third Anti-Violence Fast: For atonement for violence done in Chauri Chaura
7 1924 (Sep 18-Oct 8) 21 days Delhi First Hindu-Muslim Unity Fast Interest of Hindu - Muslim unity after the first non-cooperation movement Ended fast whiles listening to the Quran and Gita being read.[5]
8 1925 (Nov 24-30) 7 days Third Penitential Fast[3]
9 1932 (Sep 20-26) 6 days Poona First Anti-Untouchability Fast: Communal Award of separate electorates and separate reservation of seats for depressed classes Fast undertaken at Yerwada Central Jail, when released a few days later, Gandhi continued his fast at a private house in Poona, with the result that all national leaders assembled in Pune and B.R. Ambedkar had an opportunity to play kingmaker. British Government withdrew the clauses in the Communal Award against which Gandhi was protesting [5]
10 1932 (Dec 3) 1 day Second Anti-Untouchability Fast: Sympathetic to Appasaheb Patwardhan[3]
11 1933 (May 8-May 29) 21 days Third Anti-Untouchability Fast: for the improvement of Harijans' condition[6]
12 1933 (Aug 16-23) 7 days Fourth Anti-Untouchability Fast: to obtain privileges (while in prison) that would enable him to carry on his fight in behalf of the Harijans[6] released unconditionally from prison on 23 August 1933, for health reasons[7]
13 1934 (Aug 7-14) 7 days Fourth Anti-Violence Fast: against a violent young Congressman[3]
14 1939 (March) 3 days[8] Rajkot
15 1943 (Feb 12-Mar 4) 21 days Delhi Stopping of communal riots.[1][9]
16 1947 (Sep 1-4) 4 days Second Hindu-Muslim Unity Fast[3]
17 1948 (Jan 12-18) 6 days Third Hindu-Muslim Unity Fast: Restoration of communal peace A large number of important politicians and leaders of communal bodies agreed to a joint plan for restoration of normal life in the city

References

  1. ^ a b "Anna a man of stamina, his longest fast lasted 12 days".  
  2. ^ "National hunger strike?".  
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h O.P. Dhiman. Betrayal of Gandhi.  
  4. ^ Jack, Homer A. (2005). "Short Chronology of Gandhi’s Life". Mahatma.com. Worldview.com. Retrieved 27 January 2012. 
  5. ^ a b "The Previous Fasts".  
  6. ^ a b "Mohandas K. Gandhi: The Indian Leader at Home and Abroad".  
  7. ^ Rajmohan Gandhi. Gandhi: The Man, His People, and the Empire. p. 361.  
  8. ^ "Rajkot dispute settled - Gandhi breaks his fast". The Advocate. 8 March 1939. 
  9. ^ "Gandhiji Breaks Fast".  

External Links

List of fasts done by Mahatma Gandhi

This article was sourced from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. World Heritage Encyclopedia content is assembled from numerous content providers, Open Access Publishing, and in compliance with The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Public Library of Science, The Encyclopedia of Life, Open Book Publishers (OBP), PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and USA.gov, which sources content from all federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government publication portals (.gov, .mil, .edu). Funding for USA.gov and content contributors is made possible from the U.S. Congress, E-Government Act of 2002.
 
Crowd sourced content that is contributed to World Heritage Encyclopedia is peer reviewed and edited by our editorial staff to ensure quality scholarly research articles.
 
By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. World Heritage Encyclopedia™ is a registered trademark of the World Public Library Association, a non-profit organization.
 



Copyright © World Library Foundation. All rights reserved. eBooks from Hawaii eBook Library are sponsored by the World Library Foundation,
a 501c(4) Member's Support Non-Profit Organization, and is NOT affiliated with any governmental agency or department.