Gandhiji was in the prison at Poona (Aga Khan Palace). He suffered endless agony for the activities that the British did to crush the Quit India Movement. The British Government charged Gandhi that he and his congress party were responsible for all violence and disorder in the Country. Beside Gandhi twelve top Congress leaders Jawaharlal Nehru, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, [...]
On 22nd April, 1942 Mahatma Gandhi gave a clear indication of his thought to Horace Alexander in a letter saying, "My firm opinion is that the British should leave India now in an orderly manner and not run the risk that they did in Singapore and Malaya and Burma, Britain cannot defend India much less herself on Indian soil with [...]
On 29th December at Lahore Congress, the youthful Congress President Jawaharlal Nehru announced that complete independence was the goal of India. It was to be, "Complete freedom from British dominion and British imperialism. The embrace of British India is a dangerous thing" he loudly declared in his address. In that historic session on the last day of December 1929, Mahatma [...]