Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1948 — Page 3

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INDIA'S MARTYR — Struck down by an assassin's bullets today only a few weeks * MAHATMA AND NEHRU — Longtime lieutenant after he brought peace between warring Hindus and Moslems with a fast that endan- of the wispy, frail spiritual leader of the fabled land was gered his frail body, Mohandas K. Gandhi is shown above in New Delhi with his two Rashtrapati Jawaharlal Nehru shown with him above. granddaughters. The Mahatma (great souled one) had devoted his life to bringing When India won its independence less than a year ago, independence ta the teeming land ‘of 350 millions. : Nehru became the first premier.

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GANDHI'S GREATEST HOUR — Peak in the Ma- | HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH—The unusual photograph above was taken by hatma’s long fight for India's freedom came when Britain _ India's Premier Nehru, showing Gandhi at work on India's constitution. Seated crossganted independence after a commission headed legged and swathed in his traditional white costume, "the spiritual leader dictates a by:Sir Stafford Cripps {with Mahatma above} recom- resolution 40 Dr. Rejendra Prasad, president of the India congress. Saddened by the mended the step. Gandhi, however, was saddened by = bloodshed that followed. the long awaited freedom, Gandhi ended a five-day fast

split of the gountry into two states. , Jan. 18 after a pledge by leaders that strife would cease. : FS ; : - * ° : . “ot Mahatma Was Great Force Behind Indian Independence jcsacsin Slays The ‘Great Soul’ Fought for Unification hy et A hg-crouils were ee th, : "ag | __ Of His Countrymen for 3 Decades [the British Empire. smashing lathi blows, Yet, when

be Ulett Ph : Jailed 17 Times {their turn came-more volunteers yw eas ! It was his avowed endeavor to marched forward and submitted * Hole of Malate, witick he Lenpe 5 Ros alot on unite all Indians, irrespective of to the inevitable beating with (Continued From Page One) herently shy and timid man became ‘the most powerful influence in religion, against Britain, to make Gandhi's name on their lips. | figure of Mr. Gandhi was borne his country for more than three decades. i them Ingians first and Hindus, ; - Bides His Time ~~ |into the house. There his beloved Literally interpreted, “Mahatma” means “the great soul.” If a Moslems ti-British activities re. Mr. Gandhi was imprisoned |16-year-old granddaughter, Mani, popular vote were taken in India; Mr. Gandhi would be regarded as| It po an his bet a ced to Until January, 1931, when he ne-| removed his spectacles which had the greatest single force behind! = eee | SU 0. 213 ng ! gotiated with the viceroy and gone askew when he fell, ie events which resulted in the|CPAant class parents. imprisonment 17 times between .,. i 4eq the famous Irwin-| Mani cradled his head in her omtry's attainment of inde-, There was little in his early 1908 and 1945 — eight times in|q,, 00 "00 ot whieh quashed civil|18p as he lay silent with closed dence... ..... life to-show that he was destined SOUth Alia, and nine times In, 4, 0 dience and gave certafn| e¥es-for the few minutes that re-|-Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to become one of the most com 1418, the otal terms exceeding .oncessions to Mr. Gandhi to get | mained of his life. ves born on Oct. 2, 1869, at Poor- pelling leaders In India’s long, a Gandhi also ind th 15/8 presence at the round table. Presently: she raised her head Bandar, India, the son of mer- history. Yet, since February, 1919, . Ga ulged he! In 1934 Gandhi receded into|2nd said quietly:

' fasts, several times “to the ; el © (father) is finished.” | death The -totai- time spent tu} Shacurity, He settled in a little] “Bapu

’ ' mud - hut near. Wardha in the Insane With Grief STRAUSS . J Pegrrin yo ia] central provinces. Lia Sis Tose Pk sal Yay SAYS: = ‘British rulers, was more than 129] He-was-biding his time. B ¥-chanting

— In 1940 he started his cam- he 00. Year -0l4 verses of thel BAYS. ons oh of Te {piign of individual non-violent Hinduscripture, noe An unexpected touch of humor, non-co-operation, . - Outside the turbaned Indian poa very small voice saying bland, pe nit the headlines again early| lice fought and struggled with unpalatable things, mild brown|y = 1945 just ‘prior to Viceroy the crowd which were almost eyes .glinting behind thick lenses, waves "historic Simla Con- [Insane with grief. a_ tiny wasted body, -a large; ference. [Just before Mr. Gandhi left shaven head, a wide smiling, al- Form of Tyranny {Birla House for the last time he most toothless mouth—that was| His moraljt was fo of had’ talked with ‘Sardar Patel, the . Mahatma, a “natural” for, ranns a y 3 oe in deputy” Prime Minister of India cartoonists the world over. ty y.~ ie expressed belief in the “ironman” of the all absolute truth and absolute Jus-| . Married at 13 tice and sought to apply them to India congress. iy : Mr. Patel had planned to walk iimself and his immediate fol-; he was 13. At 19 he was already lowers with a shrewd. sagacity to the prayer platform with the a father. Then he’ went to Lon-| x | {Mahatma but at the gate of the {combined with saintly austerity. don to study law. His tyranny extended to his|8arden he wag called back for a He returned to India as a quall-| eo Kasturba, who. died in 1043,| Moment and Mr. Gandhi walked

fed barrister but lost his qualifi-|y,y; his closest assoclates said if|on alone, only to fall under the ¢ation when he was Stniepsed 10 was she who exercised most in-|2ssassin’s bullets. six years imprisonment by ndian | g,.nce over him. It was Kas- Mr. Patel, Prime Minister courts. He then took a POSIHON, turba who persuaded her hus- Pandit, Jawaharial Nehru and with an Indian mercantile irm.|y,.4" pot his vow of abstinence the other leaders of India wept which took him to South Africa.| . drinking ‘milk: need not in- openly in the great room where

There he first became vitally con- ’ scious of the unhappy lot of mil- clude goat's milk, \ Mr. Gandhi lay.

lions of his fellow Indians. Riots Saddenéd Him City on the March . He threw himself into the Throughout. the long and try- _ 1hen Earl Mountbatten, first struggle to gain equal economic ing months of negotiations be-| Governor-General of the Indian opportunities for Indians in| tween India’s leaders and|Pominion, arrived. Around the South Africa who were being Britain's diplomats, the voice of|body they gathered in a circle discriminated against because of Mr: Gandhi persistenly called for|While Mani chanted verse after their color. {seston and for the withdrawal [Yeee fom the Bhagavth Gita, Unending Trouble of the British, | the Song o! God. . During that § he first Although he was deeply hurt| AS night fell over Delhi with SPALDING : conceived the idea of non-violent by the final decision which di-|tropical suddenness the news of |disobedience, an innovation which vided his beloved country into{Mr. Gandhi's death was broad{caused the British rulers of India two dominions, his efforts were cast by radio and posted on bul“MISS CHIEF” |unending trouble, rewarded on Aug. 15, 1947, when | letin boards. It swept by word : Lo In India his non-violence cam- India became an ‘independent|/of mouth through the bazaars 2 2 {paign was persistent. He yas ar- dominion. :

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Don't come "too early— rested and imprisoned in 1019,) In January, 1948, the situation The news set the whole city on " 1022, 1930, 1931, 1940 and 1942. |in Kashmir developed to a threat | the march. From every quarter, too late''— | It was in 1930 that he sub-|of war between India and Pakis- from the squalid slums of old o for your favorite loafer : mitted his historic 11-point de- tan. As the situation deteriorated Delhi and from the fashionable ) i Your Taw br AE tothe ~vicerdy: ~The de if spite “of “InAIC’S Eppeal to the avenues around the government is doing a fleeting "stand ‘ |mands led- to his famous march United Nations Seeurity Council, |center, people started to move— . ' {to the sea to break the salt laws. the 75-year-old Gandhi announced | throngs of moaning, weeping, deat the Specialty Shop— |The movement spread like a fire. that he would fast “unto glorious spairing people. Sizes 4 to 9, Width¢ AAA to B. {Thousands were arrested, wound-| death” rather than allow war to| The people of Delhl moved showy : ry ed and Killed in resultant riots develop between Pakistan and slowly foward Birla House like In BROWN at and police attempts to break up India. |an irresistible tide. Around the i i . the demonstrators, : One hundred and twenty-two {high walls of Birla House stood broide 7.95 | - Webb Miller, who covered for hours later the threat of war was the turbaned police \with loaded

(United Press the famous Dhara- dissipated. As both sides showed rifles and fixed bayonets. in a sana salt raid, wrote: : their willingness to seek a peace-|solid barrier against the efforts). ended of the crowd to get one last look at their slain leader. |

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