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In 1921, Gandhi was the leader of the Indian National Congress. [103] He reorganised the Congress. With Congress now behind Gandhi, and Muslim support triggered by his backing the Khilafat movement to restore the Caliph in Turkey, [103] Gandhi had the political support and the attention of the British Raj. [106] [100] [102] Gandhi spinning yarn
Second Hindu-Muslim unity fast [3] 18 1948 (13-18 Jan) 123 hours Third Hindu-Muslim unity fast for restoration of communal peace. Gandhi was reading the dreadful news of the Kashmir war, while at the same time fasting to death because Muslims could not live safely in Delhi. Meeting Maulana Azad, Gandhi laid down seven conditions for breaking ...
Gandhi accepted this and began having Muslim prayers read in Hindu temples to play his part, but was unable to get Hindu prayers read in mosques. The Hindu nationalist groups objected and began confronting Gandhi for this one-sided practice, by shouting and demonstrating inside the Hindu temples, in the last years of his life. [97] [98]
Later on he reverted to Hinduism. [1] Bukka I: King of Vijayanagara empire who converted to Islam, then reconverted. [2] [3] Harilal Mohandas Gandhi: Son of Mahatma Gandhi; converted to Islam and later reconverted to Hinduism. [4] [5] [6] Haridas Thakura
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan of the Khudai Khidmatgars and Mohandas Gandhi of the Indian National Congress both strongly championed Hindu–Muslim unity.. Hindu–Muslim unity is a religiopolitical concept in the Indian subcontinent which stresses members of the two largest faith groups there, Hindus and Muslims, working together for the common good.
The concept of nonviolence (ahimsa) and nonviolent resistance has a long history in Indian religious thought and has had many revivals in Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and Jain contexts. Gandhi explains his philosophy and way of life in his autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth. He was quoted as saying that:
Ram Manohar Lohia opposed partition in line with Mahatma Gandhi's path of Hindu-Muslim unity. [91] Rezaul Karim was a champion of Hindu-Muslim unity and a united India. He "argued that the idea that Hindus and Muslims are two distinct nations was ahistorical" and held that outside of the subcontinent, Indian Muslims faced discrimination.
They believed that a forced population transfer would cause immense suffering and disrupt the social fabric. Gandhi, in particular, had faith in Hindu-Muslim unity and insisted that Muslims who chose to stay in India should be welcomed as equal citizens. [118] As a result, the full population exchange did not occur.