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Chronology / Time Line
Years of Fasts of
Mahatma Gandhi
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1913 (Phoenix) |
Penitential fast for a
week for moral lapses of two immediate at the settlement |
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1914 (Phoenix) |
Fourteen days fast for
similar reason |
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01 June, 1915 |
Fasted for a day on
detecting untruth among Ashram boys |
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11 September, 1915 |
Gave up evening meal
due to some Ashramaties objection to the admission of a Harijan in
the Ashram |
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15 March, 1918 |
For a rise in the
wages of mill workers of Ahmedabad |
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06 April, 1919 |
First day of
Satyagraha fight |
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13 April, 1919 |
Began fast for 72
hours for Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar and disturbances at
Bombay and Ahmedabad. |
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19-21 Nov., 1921 |
Fasted owing to
disturbances at Bombay |
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28 November, 1921 |
Took vow to fast for
24 hours every Monday till Swaraj was won and started it from that
day. |
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12-16 Feb., 1922 |
Owing to the massacre
at Chauri Chaura |
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17 Sep. to 7 Oct.,
1924 |
For communal unity |
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24-30 Nov., 1925 |
For having detected
sexual aberrations in some boys and girls of the Ashram. |
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22-24 June, 1928 |
Owing to moral lapse
of an Ashram inmate |
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20-25 Sept., 1932 |
In protest against the
decision to setup separate electorate for the Harijans.
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03 December, 1932 |
In protest against
Government not allowing a fellow prisoner to do scavenging work |
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08-29 May, 1932 |
For self purification
and of his colleagues. |
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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. |
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07-13 August, 1934 |
An irrate reformer
attacked an opponent of the Harijan upliftment movement with a
lathi. Started fast to atone. |
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03-06 March, 1939 |
For the breach of
promise by the Rajkot ruler. |
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12-13 Nov., 1940 |
Fasted for two days
for minor thefts in the Ashram |
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05-07 May, 1941 |
Because of communal
riots in Bombay and Ahmedabad |
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29 June, 1941 |
For communal unity |
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10-03 March, 1943 |
In protest against
Government’s propaganda that the responsibility of disturbances
after Quit India resolution was that of Congress. |
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30 November, 1944 |
Fasted or thought of
fasting for one or more days. Details and reason could not be
traced. |
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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. |
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15 August, 1947 |
Against partition of
the country |
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01 to 03 Sept.,
1947 |
For communal harmony |
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11 October, 1947 |
Birth date according
to Vikram calendar. Fasted instead of celebrating it. |
