Years of Fasts of Mahatma Gandhi | |
1913 ( | Penitential fast for a week for moral lapses of two immediate at the settlement |
1914 ( | Fourteen days fast for similar reason |
01 June, 1915 | Fasted for a day on detecting untruth among Ashram boys |
11 September, 1915 | Gave up evening meal due to some Ashramaties objection to the admission of a Harijan in the Ashram |
15 March, 1918 | For a rise in the wages of mill workers of Ahmedabad |
06 April, 1919 | First day of Satyagraha fight |
13 April, 1919 | Began fast for 72 hours for Jallianwala Bagh massacre at |
19-21 Nov., 1921 | Fasted owing to disturbances at |
28 November, 1921 | Took vow to fast for 24 hours every Monday till Swaraj was won and started it from that day. |
12-16 Feb., 1922 | Owing to the massacre at Chauri Chaura |
17 Sep. to 7 Oct., 1924 | For communal unity |
24-30 Nov., 1925 | For having detected sexual aberrations in some boys and girls of the Ashram. |
22-24 June, 1928 | Owing to moral lapse of an Ashram inmate |
20-25 Sept., 1932 | In protest against the decision to setup separate electorate for the Harijans. |
03 December, 1932 | In protest against Government not allowing a fellow prisoner to do scavenging work |
08-29 May, 1932 | For self purification and of his colleagues. |
16-22 August, 1933 | In protest against Government’s decision not to grant all the facilities for Harijan work which he was having previously in Jail. |
07-13 August, 1934 | An irrate reformer attacked an opponent of the Harijan upliftment movement with a lathi. Started fast to atone. |
03-06 March, 1939 | For the breach of promise by the |
12-13 Nov., 1940 | Fasted for two days for minor thefts in the Ashram |
05-07 May, 1941 | Because of communal riots in |
29 June, 1941 | For communal unity |
10-03 March, 1943 | In protest against Government’s propaganda that the responsibility of disturbances after Quit India resolution was that of Congress. |
30 November, 1944 | Fasted or thought of fasting for one or more days. Details and reason could not be traced. |
20 October, 1946 | Probably on account of an error by the person who prepared the fair copy of a letter written during negotiations with the Muslim League. |
15 August, 1947 | Against partition of the country |
01 to 03 Sept., 1947 | For communal harmony |
11 October, 1947 | Birth date according to Vikram calendar. Fasted instead of celebrating it. |
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Mahatma Gandhi might have fasted but not for country and for issues of national Importance. As his fast and Nehru's fight (Independence) were baseless so method of propganda was used. That is the reason you will not get any consolidated information. Here I have compiled the detail of Gandhi Fast mentioning why, when and where to let you know the truth.
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