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Harijan Ahmedabad—Sunday June 30 1946

1946

“ At the public meeting announcing the termination of the strike the President of the Sangh said referring to me and my companions that in taking up the sweepers' work during the strike we were guilty of himsa towards the strikers. [...] It is there stated that the authority of the Provincial Governors as also the Governor-General was interlinked with their responsibilities to the Crown and Parliament both for peace and tranquility and for the protection of all the weak and helpless among her (India's) people.' In paragraph 321 of the said Report the Committee while dealing with the AnglIndian community and the problem of th [...] " They must remember " continues the resolution " that non-violence is the basis of this movement and that this struggle is directed against the policy of segregation and not against the White population of this country." The struggle has the full sympathy of the European Democrats and the Negro section of South Africa. [...] The incident came to the notice of the Madura Police who prosecuted the father of the child and another near relation on the ground that such an act was likely to wound the feelings of others because the Harijans were untouchables. [...] Vaidyanatha Iyer adds that he has brought this case to the notice of the Madras ministry." The first thing for the Madras ministry in this case of inhumanity is to remit the sentences under its powers of clemency and then if further legal proceedings are permissible to have the convitions set. aside by the High Court at the instance of the Crown.
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8
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India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120270
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Harijan Ahmedabad—Sunday June 30 1946
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