Forum August 15 1948 (5th Anniversary Number)

THE FIRST FREEDOM—MILESTONE the sufferings of our voiceless the rejoicings of our millions the peels of our bells the symbol of our aspirations and the glory of our Bapu. [...] In the days of the August Revolution and thereafter the Home Deparment of the Government of India manned by Tottenhams x-rayed every line appearing in the columns of the Forum and frquently trunk-called the Bombay Government to take action against us. [...] Thousand memories In the midst of the celebrations a thousand memories cross our mind—the memory of the Bardoli Satyagraha that instilled courage and confidence into the minds of a subjugated and unarmed people of the Civil Disobedience movement that drove terror into the hearts of the British Raj the great '42 revolution that dealt a fatal blow to the repressive foreign rule and of the ghastly [...] I on the analogy of the Candian constitution the draft consttution has in the main followed the existing system in the matter of constitution of courts and the procedure to be followed therein. [...] and to the enjoyment of a great portion of their freedom and independence." The village disintegrates The selfish and prejudital policy adopted by the East India Company gradually led to the diintegration of the village system.