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Gandhi begins 21 day fast...
Gandhi begins 21 day fast...
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May 09, 1933
WORLD TELEGRAM, New York City, May 9, 1933
* Mahatma Gandhi starts his 21-day fast
This 36 page newspaper has small one column headlines on the front page: "Gandhi Grows Weak; Doctors Summoned" and "Attacked by Nausea at Start of 21-Day Fast".
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Light browning, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: On 8 May 1933 Gandhi began a 21-day fast of self-purification to help the Harijan movement.[14] This new campaign was not universally embraced within the Dalit community, however, as prominent leader B. R. Ambedkar condemned Gandhi's use of the term Harijans as saying that Dalits were socially immature, and that privileged caste Indians played a paternalistic role. Ambedkar and his allies also felt Gandhi was undermining Dalit political rights. Gandhi, although born into the Vaishya caste, insisted that he was able to speak on behalf of Dalits, despite the availability of Dalit activists such as Ambedkar.
Category: The 20th Century
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