Word: gandhis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...INDIA Gandhi Foregoes Independence...
...remarkable single fact about this strange race: when the running gets hottest, the leading courser is almost invariably mounted by a tiny, leathery, ascetic man in a white cotton loincloth. Last week the leaders were bunched at an important hurdle, and once again the first over was Mohandas K. Gandhi...
...barrier was the 53rd session of the All-India' Nationalist Congress. The meeting was the most important and potentially the most dangerous to date along the long grind to independence. With Britain busy at war, many leaders were set to demand immediate, violent, decisive action. Mohandas Gandhi has always been convinced that India would eventually get more from Britain by moderation, discussion, compromise, delay. He argues that dominion status after Europe's war would be better than the repression which would surely follow an immediate violent Indian revolt. The Congress was split wide open: the followers of Mahatma...
...weather was clear and the Congress track was fast on the afternoon when Gandhi's first spring put him out in front. He urged the Congress guiding committee to approve a resolution in favor of delaying civil disobedience while pressing for independence by negotiation. The committee obeyed. Saint Gandhi thanked them in a speech bristling with humility: "I am called Mahatma, but I am an ordinary man. I have blundered and committed mistakes. ... I am perhaps the poorest general any army ever had. My only wealth is your love. If you don't like me, remove...
Punjah Leader Gopal Singh Himh tried to ride the Mahatma off by an attack on his behind-the-scenes tactics. "Everyone," he charged, "is ready for action except Gandhi. I demand that Gandhi become at least a four-annas member of Congress [cheapest price of membership]. ... If he wishes to lead Congress he should at least be a member...