Radio broadcast during a hunger strike by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948), in 1947.He led a series of nonviolent campaigns as the leader of the Indian crusade for home rule. He frequently resorted to hunger strikes not only in protest of British colonialism but also against hostility between India's Hindus and Muslims. When Great Britain granted independence in 1947, the partition of India along religious lines led Gandhi to declare his life a failure because India could not govern itself as one nation but instead gave in to the division.
Blog report:Mitul Kansal