Gandhi

by Ramachandra Guha

names Nehru as his political heir c32.1, c33.1, c33.2, c33.3

  writes to Wavell on Simla conference

  asks Rajagopalachari to respond to attack by Ambedkar

  discussion with Nehru on economic and social progress

  visit to Bengal

  discussions with Casey

  asks Casey to release political prisoners

  in Madras

  makes statement condemning naval mutiny

  meetings with Cabinet Mission

  appeal for peace during Calcutta riots

  meets Wavell to discuss interim government

  77th birthday

  visits Calcutta and eastern Bengal

  takes lessons in Bengali

  considers staying on indefinitely in East Bengal

  changes day of silence from Monday to Sunday

  tries to persuade refugees to return to their villages

  responds to attack by League leader on his stay in East Bengal

  and request to attempt rapprochement of Congress and Ambedkar

  refuses to invite Ambedkar for a meeting

  quotes from New Testament at prayer meeting

  visited in Srirampur by Nehru and Kripalani

  resumes walking tour in East Bengal

  persuades Amtus Salam to break her fast

  rejects Azad’s appeal for him to move to Calcutta

  experiment to test his celibacy c35.1, c37.1

  in Bihar

  ends experiment in celibacy

  meeting with Mountbatten in Delhi

  suggests inviting Jinnah to form government

  returns to Bihar

  replies to letter from angry Hindu lawyer

  in Delhi for discussions on transfer of power c36.1, c36.2

  disruption at his prayer meetings c36.1, c37.1, c38.1

  visits Kashmir and meets leaders

  calms rioters in Calcutta

  reconciliation with Ambedkar

  announces indefinite fast c37.1, epl.1

  ends fast on receiving pleas for forgiveness from rioters

  Bihar minister on Gandhi’s fast

  visits refugee camps in Delhi

  78th birthday

  at AICC meeting and social workers’ meeting in Delhi

  speaks to RSS workers

  attacked in Organiser magazine on policy towards Muslims

  ‘greatest fast’

  visitors during his fast

  announces conditions for breaking his fast

  ends fast after undertaking by leaders to meet his conditions c37.1, c38.1

  and bomb explosion at prayer meeting

  plans to visit Punjab and Pakistan

  proposes disbandment of Congress

  death by assassination prf.1, prf.2, c38.1

  funeral procession and cremation

  tributes to

  memorial service in New York

  dispersal of ashes

  reputation after death

  Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand, WRITINGS

  Ashram Bhajnavali (translation from various languages)

  Autobiography 02.1, 11.1, 17.1, 27.1

  ‘Caste Has to Go’

  Collected Works prf.1, prf.2, prf.3, 02.1, 05.1, 06.1, 09.1, 10.1, 18.1, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1, 30.1, 31.1, 32.1, 34.1, 34.2, 35.1, 38.1, epl.1

  Dakshina Africana Satyagrahano Itihas (Satyagraha in South Africa) c13.1, c17.1

  ‘Evil Wrought by the English Medium’

  ‘Gandhi on Himself’ (excerpts from autobiography)

  A Guide to Health

  Hind Swaraj, c07.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1

  ‘Hindu—Muslim Tension: Its Cause and Cure’

  ‘How to Combat Hitlerism’

  ‘If I Were a Czech’ 24.1, c24.2

  ‘Kaumudi’s Renunciation’

  ‘Letter to Every Englishman’

  Mahatma Gandhi: His Own Story (ed. Andrews)

  ‘Myself, My Spinning-Wheel, and Women’ (newspaper article)

  ‘An Open Letter to Every Briton in South Africa’

  ‘Punjab Newsletter’

  ‘Request to Contributors’ (to Navajivan)

  The Story of My Experiments with Truth 13.1, 13.2, c17.1, 33.1

  ‘Students’ Shame’

  in translation

  ‘Untouchability and Unreason’

  Gandhi, Narandas (nephew) c01.1, c20.1, c22.1

  Gandhi, Putlibai (mother) c12.1, c12.2, c13.1

  Gandhi, Ramdas (son)

  arrested

  betrothed to Nirmala

  character

  at Gandhi’s funeral pyre

  and Harilal

  and Indian Opinion

  joins Salt March

  marriage to Nirmala

  promotion of khadi

  relationship with Gandhi c01.1, c11.1

  visits Gandhi during fast c10.1, c30.1

  visits Gandhi in prison c09.1, c30.1

  visits Kasturba during illness

  ‘Gandhi against Fascism’

  ‘Gandhi Day’

  Gandhi Jayanti Day

  ‘Gandhi Week’ celebrated

  Gandhi-Irwin Pact c18.1, c18.2, c20.1

  reactions to

  Gandhism 08.1, 08.2, 08.3, nts.1n

  Ganesan, S. 10.1, 13.1, 13.2

  Ganga (Ganges), river c01.1, c05.1, c19.1, c31.1, c31.2, c38.1

  Garhwalis

  Garibaldi, Giuseppe

  Gauhati

  Congress (1926) c11.1, c11.2

  Gaya 09.1, 35.1

  Gazette of India

  Geddes, Patrick, The Evolution of Cities

  Geneva 19.1, 24.1

  George III, King

  George V, King c02.1, c04.1, c04.2, c19.1

  Germany 01.1, 03.1, 04.1, 06.1, 28.1

  and India

  Kallenbach on

  Linlithgow on

  Nazi regime prf.1, c22.1, c22.2, c22.3, c24.1, c26.1, c27.1, c29.1

  Bonhoeffer and c22.1, c22.2

  invasion of European countries c26.1, c28.1, c28.2

  invasion of Poland

  invasion of Russia c28.1, c29.1

  pact with Italy

  persecution of Jews

  rearmament c02.1, c22.1

  see also Hitler, Adolf

  Ghadar movement

  Ghaffar Khan, Khan Abdul 20.1, 22.1, c22.2, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2, c24.3, 33.1, c36.1

  Ghana

  Ghatkopar, Society of Intelligentsia

  Ghazipur

  Ghose, Aurobindo

  Essays on the Gita

  and poll for ‘Greatest Living Indians’

  Ghose, S.N.

  Ghosh, P.C.

  Gibbon, Edward, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

  Gilder, M.D. 29.1, 30.1, 31.1, 31.2, c31.3

  Gill, Niranjan Singh 34.1, 35.1

  Girdhadas, Mangaldas c01.1, c01.2

  Gita see Bhagavad Gita

  Glasgow Herald 08.1, 25.1

  Godavary

  Godhra 03.1, 04.1

  Godrej family

  Godse, Nathuram Vinayak c38.1, 38.2

  cult of

  testimony to court

  Goethe, J.W. von, Faust

  Gokhale, Avantibai c03.1, 08.1

  Gokhale, Baban Gopal

  Gokhale, Gopal Krishna

  as Brahmin

  death 02.1, 05.1

  first anniversary of death

  in France

  Gandhi visits in London

  imposes vow of silence on Gandhi

  Jinnah and c28.1, c32.1

  meets Gandhi in Bombay

  meets Gandhi in Poona

  Pranjivan Mehta’s letter to

  mentioned in letter from Calcutta women

  as
mentor to Gandhi c01.1, c01.2, c01.3, c13.1, c28.1, c32.1, c38.1

  as reformer

  returns to London

  Sastri and c09.1, c28.1, 33.1

  and Servants of India Society

  travels to Bombay

  Golwalkar, M.S. 37.1, 37.2, 38.1

  Gond country

  Gondal

  Gool, Fatima c11.1, 11.2, 11.3

  Gorakhpur 07.1, 08.1, 15.1

  Gordon, Leonard

  Government of India Act (1919)

  Government of India Act (1935) c22.1, c23.1, c23.2, c23.3, c23.4, c25.1, c26.1

  Gandhi on

  Govil, Pyare Lal

  Govind, Guru

  Graves, Robert

  Great Rebellion (1857) c06.1, c06.2, c08.1

  Great War see World War I

  Greece c04.1, 28.1

  Greenberg, Hayim 24.1, 38.1

  Greenwood, Arthur

  Gregg, Richard

  Guha, Ramachandra, Gandhi Before India prf.1, epl.1

  Gujarat

  and civil disobedience

  dispossessed peasants in

  Gandhi in c01.1, c05.1

  Gandhi plans to settle in

  as Gandhi’s birthplace prf.1, c01.1, c01.2, c07.1, epl.1

  Hindus and Muslims in

  Jinnah as Gujarati

  Mahadev and

  police brutalities in

  Political Conference

  and Salt March c16.1, c16.2, c17.1

  unrest in c18.1, c18.2, epl.1

  see also Ahmedabad

  Gujarat Committee of the Communist Party of India, Ahmedabad

  Gujarati (language) c01.1, c02.1, c03.1, c03.2, c04.1, c04.2, c05.1, c05.2, c08.1, c08.2, c10.1, c11.1, c11.2, c13.1, c13.2, c17.1, c21.1, c29.1, c30.1, c30.2, c30.3, c31.1, c32.1, c32.2, c32.3, c33.1

  Gandhi’s works published in

  Gujaratis 01.1, 01.2, 04.1, 06.1, 07.1, 08.1, 11.1, 12.1, 27.1, 38.1

  in Bombay

  in South Africa

  Gulab, Sheikh

  Gulawadi, Miss

  Gulbarga

  Gunther, John 25.1, epl.1

  Guntur 14.1, 17.1, 30.1

  Gupt, Maithilisharan

  Gurgaon

  Gurjar Sabha

  Gurmukhi

  Guru, Gopal

  Gwyer, Sir Maurice

  Hailey, Malcolm

  on Irwin

  Haimchar 35.1, 35.2

  Haji Ali Point

  handicrafts, in India

  Hansraj, Lala

  Hardiman, David

  Hardinge of Penshurst, Charles Hardinge, First Baron, Viceroy of India c02.1, c02.2, c02.3, c02.4, c03.1, c04.1, c15.1

  Hardy, Thomas, ‘God’s Funeral’

  Haridwar, Gurukul Kangri

  Harijan (weekly publication) c21.1, c21.2, c21.3, c21.4, c21.5, c22.1, c24.1, c34.1

  Desai’s article on Kallenbach

  Desai’s article about visit to Jagannatha temple

  Mahadev Desai’s role in

  edited by Mahadev Desai c23.1, c24.1

  Gandhi’s articles in c21.1, c21.2, c22.1, c23.1, c23.2, c23.3, c24.1, c24.2, c24.3, c26.1, c26.2, c26.3, c28.1, c28.2, c28.3, c29.1, c29.2, c29.3, c38.1

  resumes publication

  revived

  Spender on

  suspended by Gandhi c28.1, c28.2

  Harijan (as term) c01.1n, c21.1, epl.1

  see also untouchability

  Harijan Bandhu (Gujarati publication) c21.1, c28.1, c33.1

  Harijan Fund

  Harijan movement (campaign for abolition of untouchability) prf.1, c06.1, c07.1, c07.2, c08.1, c09.1, c09.2, c10.1, c11.1, c11.2, c12.1, c13.1, c15.1, c15.2, c17.1, c21.1, c21.2, c21.3, c21.4, c22.1, c22.2

  Harijan Sewak (Hindi publication) c21.1, c28.1, c33.1

  Harijan Sewak Sangh (earlier Anti-Untouchability League) c21.1, c21.2, c21.3, c26.1

  Ambedkar on

  Gandhi speaks to central board in Banaras

  meeting in Delhi

  Rajagopalachari suggests renaming

  Harijans

  Bombay Chronicle on

  civic rights of

  and conflict with weavers at Calico Mills

  and Kavitha incident

  persecution of

  restrictions imposed on c21.1, c34.1

  see also Dalits; Depressed Classes; Scheduled Castes; temple-entry question; untouchability

  Harkaran

  Harrison, Agatha 20.1, 21.1, 22.1, 26.1, 28.1, 30.1, 35.1

  Harrogate

  hartal (strike action) c04.1, c04.2, c04.3, c05.1, c05.2, c07.1, c08.1, c16.1, c17.1, c30.1

  all-India 04.1, c04.2

  in Bihar

  following Desai’s death

  in Punjab

  Harvard University

  Hastings, Warren

  Havel, Vaclav

  Heath, Carl

  Hejaz

  Henderson, Arthur

  Heycock, W.B.

  Hibbert Journal

  Hicks, R.O.

  Higham, David

  hijrat

  Himalayas 01.1, 07.1, 08.1, epl.1

  Hindi (language) c01.1, c01.2, c03.1, c04.1, c05.1, c06.1, c07.1, c09.1, c13.1, c17.1, c21.1, c22.1, c24.1, c28.1, c30.1, c30.2, c31.1, c32.1, c33.1

  The Hindu 21.1, 22.1, 29.1

  Hindu Mahasabha c09.1, 11.1, 14.1, 14.2, 16.1, 17.1, 23.1, 23.2, 26.1, 26.2, 28.1, 29.1, 30.1, 31.1, 32.1, 34.1, 37.1, 37.2, 38.1, epl.1

  Godse on

  statement on peace pledge

  Hindu Sanghatanist movement c32.1, c38.1

  Hindu-Muslim relations in India prf.1, prf.2, c01.1, c01.2, c01.3, c01.4, c01.5, c01.6, c02.1, c02.2, c02.3, c03.1, c03.2, c04.1, c04.2, c04.3, c04.4, c05.1, c05.2, c06.1, c06.2, c07.1, c07.2, c07.3, c08.1, c08.2, c08.3, c09.1, c10.1, c10.2, c10.3, c10.4, c10.5, c12.1, c14.1, epl.1

  Azad on

  and Congress

  deterioration of c11.1, c11.2

  Gandhi on c05.1, c06.1, c06.2, c07.1, c08.1, c09.1, c09.2, c10.1, c10.2, c11.1, c11.2, c11.3, c13.1, 15.1, c17.1, c19.1, c22.1, c28.1, c29.1, c36.1, c36.2, c36.3, c37.1

  Iqbal’s Allahabad address and

  Jadhav on

  Lord Irwin and

  Nehru Report on

  reconciliation process

  and Round Table Conference c17.1, c19.1

  and untouchables c01.1, c01.2, c06.1

  Hindu-Muslim relations in South Africa

  Hinduism, Hindus

  Ambedkar on

  and Calcutta riots

  and celibacy

  extremism in

  forcible conversion of

  fundamentalist

  Hindu-Muslim unity c08.1, c11.1, c12.1, c13.1, c15.1, c22.1, c22.2

  and Independence Day

  and marriage c05.1, c11.1

  Katherine Mayo on

  Meher Baba and

  and nationalism

  and revolutionary activities

  Sanatanists 20.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 21.5, 21.6, 21.7, 21.8

  savarna 21.1, 22.1, 23.1, c31.1

  and separate electorates c20.1, c20.2

  as volunteers in World War II

  see also caste Hindus; untouchability

  Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA) c15.1, 15.2, c16.1, epl.1

  Hindustan Times 28.1, 37.1, 38.1

  Hindustani (language) c06.1, c08.1, c09.1, c10.1, c33.1, c38.1

  Hindutva

  Hirachand, Punjabhai

  Hirachand, Walchand

  A History of Scotland

  Hitler, Adolf

  absolutist regime of

  Brailsford on

  British politicians on

  early days of regime

  Louis Fischer on


  Gandhi on c24.1, c27.1, c28.1, c28.2, epl.1

  Linlithgow on

  Nehru on

  pact with Chamberlain

  praised by British politicians

  satyagraha and

  uninterested in India

  see also Germany, Nazi regime; Nazism

  H.L. Commerce College, Ahmedabad

  Ho Chi Minh 34.1, epl.1

  Hoare, Samuel 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 21.1, 21.2, 25.1

  Hogg, Dorothy

  Hogg, Quintin

  Holland

  Holmes, John Haynes 08.1, 08.2, 10.1, 13.1, 13.2, c17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 38.1

  Home Rule (for India) c03.1, c04.1, c08.1, c10.1

  Home Rule Leagues

  ‘Home Rule Special’ train

  Hooghly River

  Horniman, B.G. 04.1, 04.2, 20.1

  House of Tatas

  Howard, Albert

  Hunter, William Hunter, Lord

  Hunter Commission (on Amritsar massacre)

  Huq, A.K. Fazlul 23.1, c26.1, 35.1

  ‘Pakistan Resolution’ 26.1, 35.1

  Husain, Zakir 06.1, 22.1, 24.1, 26.1

  Huxley, Aldous

  Hyat Khan, Sikandar

  Hyde, E.S., ‘Why We Should Support India’s War Effort’

  Hyderabad 25.1, 29.1

  ‘Deliverance Day’ gathering of Muslims

  hospital

  nizam of 36.1, 38.1

  ICS see Indian Civil Service

  Id-ul-Zuha festival

  Iftikharuddin, Mian 30.1, 38.1, 38.2, 38.3

  illiteracy

  Independence Day

  on 15 August 1947 c36.1, c36.2, c36.3

  as last Sunday of January c16.1, c26.1, c32.1, c36.1

  celebration prohibited in some provinces

  independence, Indian struggle for c30.1, c34.1, c34.2, c34.3, epl.1

  Phillips on

  see also self-government

  The Independent

  Independent Labour Party (India)

  Independent Labour Party (UK)

  India

  Army

  as ‘Bharat Mata’

  Central Legislative Assembly 14.1, c14.2, 15.1, c16.1

  Civil Service 07.1, 08.1

  civil society movement

  Constitution prf.1, 36.1, 38.1, epl.1

  as democracy prf.1, c24.1, c30.1, epl.1

  and Dominion status c11.1, c11.2, c15.1, c15.2, c15.3

  economic and technological policies today

  elections

  elections (1945–6)

  General Election

  Imperial Legislative Council 01.1, 03.1, 04.1, 04.2

  Independence

  independence for c26.1, c26.2

  Intelligence Bureau, history of non-cooperation and Khilafat movements

  linguistic diversity

  Katherine Mayo’s critique of Indian character

  newspaper industry

  Parliament

  partition proposal

  Penal Code 02.1, 07.1, 09.1, 11.1

  princely states