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...raised white platform in Delhi's Untouchable colony sat the Mahatma, cross-legged on a white cushion, a cooling wet white kerchief covering his bald head. Overhead glimmered a lone 80-watt electric bulb. Reluctantly he assented to the splitting of India. "What is past is past," he mourned. "I cannot blame the Viceroy for what has happened. It was an act of Congress and the League...
Then Mountbatten invited Mohandas Gandhi to his office. The crickety little Mahatma, spiritual leader of the Hindu millions, had never been as obdurate in opposition to division. For an apostle of nonviolence, he had used, a few days before, strong language: "Let the whole nation be in flames; we will not concede an inch of Pakistan." But in the Viceroy's office, he listened as Mountbatten talked, scribbled questions on a pad of paper, but uttered no sound. The Mahatma was observing his day of silence...
...delegates to a cozy at home with guards flanking the fountains and spotlights playing on the fabulous flowerbeds of the Mogul gardens. Englishmen and Indians alike were surprised by the outpouring of guests (about 700). Said a Mountbatten aide, remarking the presence of dhoti-clad Devadas Gandhi, the Mahatma's son: "People are here who would never have attended the Viceroy's affairs in the old days." (This week Mohandas Gandhi planned to visit Viceroy House to talk about Britain's transfer of power in June...
Then Huq lost the Bengal election, and Gandhi invited him down to discuss Huq's view that Bihar Province needed the Mahatma more than Bengal. There, at Noakhali, old Huq had his supreme moment. He converted Gandhi, sent the Hindu saint packing off on a Bihar side trip. Huq announced that the Mahatma had converted him, too. Said Huq to a meeting of Moslems: "I intend to spend the rest of my life preaching good will among Hindus and Moslems...
...Mahatma Gandhi set a fashion for pilgrims. After tramping barefoot across miles of east Bengal, pushing his nonviolence campaign, he tried the next lap in a jeep...