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The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

Gandhi Told the Congress Committee 'Do or Die' on 8 August 1942, the Leaders Were Arrested Before Dawn, and the Viceroy Wired Churchill That He Faced the Most Serious Rebellion Since 1857

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

Gandhi's Six-Day Fast in Yerwada Jail Ended With the Poona Pact of 24 September 1932, Which Raised the Seats Reserved for the Depressed Classes From 71 to 148 and Replaced Their Separate Electorate With Joint Voting

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

Gandhi Walked 240 Miles to Pick Up a Lump of Salt. By the End of 1930 Some 60,000 Indians Were in British Jails.

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

Eight Days After a Crowd Burned the Chauri Chaura Police Station on 4 February 1922, Gandhi Called Off Non-Cooperation. A Court Sentenced 172 Men to Death and the High Court Upheld 19.

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

In November 1945 Auchinleck Told London That Putting Down a New Rising Would Mean Reconquering India. Fifteen Months Later Britain Named the Date It Would Leave.

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

Three Kathas in Every Twenty Went to Indigo. When Gandhi Refused an Order to Leave Champaran in April 1917, the Government Dropped the Case Before Sentence.