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225/जैनों का संक्षिप्त इतिहास, दर्शन, व्यवहार एवं वैज्ञानिक आधार
mass scale, making them fearless, rousing public-opinion to undergo suffering ,turning the other cheek to the oppressor: forced the British-Rulers leave India, rather than being driven by armed rebellion...
Gandhi however was dead against the partition, as he said to Jinnah, "Cut me into two before you cut India into two." Jinnah was adamant, "there are two Indias a Hindu India and a Moslem-India, we would have India divided or India destroyed”.
He and Moslem -League called for direct action, leaving 6,000 persons dead, in bitter communal violence first in Calcutta, then spread far and wide at many places in India. This titanic dance went on for over a year.
Gandhi at one point of time offered Mount Batten; the Viceroy, the entire India to Jinnah but cautioned him not to name him for the proposal, lest he should say it is from wily Gandhi.
At the age of 76 he undertook fast unto death in Calcutta and achieved miracle. What a million force under Mount Batten could not achieve, the communalharmony was restored there when all the parties agreed to shun violence and goondas surrendered their weapons howsoever shortly.
The conflagration of violence spread to delta region of Ganga and Brahamputtra; very difficult inaccessible area for formation of islands. Gandhi visited Rampur, then Noakhali area on foot, covering about 47 villages and over 112 miles unarmed with sore feet, having chillburn and blisters. He stayed preferably in a Moslem hut if not given shelter he would stay beneath a hospitable
