Spoke at Gurudwara Punja Saheb ; addressed prayer meeting at Wah Refugee Camp.

At Patna, addressing –prayer meeting said that 15th August should be celebrated by fasting, spinning and prayer.

Gave interview to congress Ministers of Bengal; received Muslim deputation; at prayer meeting announced decision to postpone visit to Noakhali by two days.

At prayer meeting , announced that he and Suhra-wardy would live and work together in disturbed areas until peace was restored.

Observed Independence Day by fasting , spinning prayer.

At prayer meeting , offered Id greetings to Muslims.

In interview to Press, declined to comment on political matters as he wanted to utilize the media for Hindu-Muslim unity.

Answered questions put by Kasturba Trust trainees.

Was described as “one-man boundary force” by Mountbatten in letter. In interview, told Randolph Churchill that he still considered partition a “sin”.

Deeply disturbed by cruption of violence , went on fast at 8.15 p.m. to be given up “only if and when sanity returned to Calcutta”. In talk with Rajagopalachari , refused to give up fast.

Had discussion with Hindu and Muslim representatives.

In message to Shanti Sena Dal said: “My life is my message.”

Reached Delhi; put up at Birla House.

At prayer meeting, referred to disturbances in North-West Frontier Province.

At prayer meeting , exhorted people to curb anger to qualify themselves for independence.

Addressed prayer meeting although prayer had to be abandoned, as recitation from Koran was objected to.

In discussion with Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, advised rulers of Kathiawar to remain united.

Had discussion with Suhrawardy.

On his 78th birthday when advised by doctors to take penicillin , declared that Ramanama was his sole remedy.

Had Discussion with Suhrawardy.

In Speech at prayer meeting emphasized need for cleanliness and sanitation in refugee camps.

In afternoon, explained significance of silence to Lady Handes.

Had talks with Christian pacifists and Muslims.

Advised Muslims to resolve on Id not to spill blood but to offer it as sacrifice.

Advised Sind Congress leaders to settle down in villages, if they had no courage to return to Sind.

At prayer meeting, referred to condition of refugees in kurukshetra and events in Kashmir. Met Horace Alexander .

At prayer meeting referred to events in Kashmir.

Addressed prayer meeting.

Attended food Committee meeting and discussed removal of food control. At prayer meeting , referred to his proposal of lifting food control . In interview to Chinese delegation gave message of peace and non-violence.

Met Lady Mountbatten. At prayer meeting ,advised decontrol of cloth. Gave interview to Burmese delegation.

Visited Panipat. At prayer meeting welcomed accession of Junagadh to Indian Union.

Had talks with Muslim student and H. S. Suhrawardy . Broadcasted message for refugees at Kurukshetra Camp from All India Radio in the afternoon. Attended Congress Working Committee meeting. Addressed prayer meeting .

Attended Congress Working Committee meeting. Had talks with Rajendra Prasad, Mridula Sarabhai, Dr. Kitchlew , Sudhir Ghosh and H. S. Suhrawardy. Addressed prayer meeting. Burma Independence Bill passed in House of Commons.

Attended Congress Working Committee meeting . Had talks with H.S. Suhrawardy, Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru . Resolutions on ‘Communal Disturbances’’, ‘‘Private Armies’’, ‘‘Controls’’, ‘‘The Congress Constitution’’ and ‘‘Congress Objectives ’’ passed by A. I. G. C.

Gandhiji had talks with Rajendra Prasad Jaya-Prakash Narayan , Jawaharlal Nehru , Dr. Syed Mahmud, Sucheta Kripalani , Gopalaswami Iyengar , Dewan of Rampur, Shah Nawaz Khan, Dada Dharmadhikari, Gopalrao and Achyut Patwardhan. Explained Cogress Resolution on “Rights of Minorities” in his prayer address and appealed to People to support and follow it . Constituent Assembly met for the first time as Dominion Parliament. G. V. Mavalankar elected its Speaker.

Had talks with Rajendra Prasad, Shankarrao Deo, C. Rajagopalachari, Sophiabehn and Sudhir Ghosh . Visited Refugee camp near Okhla along with Sucheta Kripalani in afternoon. Went to Government House to meet C.Rajagopalachari and ailing Sarojini Naidu. Addressed Prayer meeting. Indian Resolution calling for a Round Table Conference on treatment of Indians in South Africa failed to pass in United Nations General Assembly. Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten.

Had talks with Rajendra Prasad , Rameshwari Nehru, Mahavir Tyagi , Gopalaswamy Ayyangar, John Matthai, Shah Nawaz Khan , Mridula Sarabhai , Nalini Sen , Indira Gandhi , Pheroz Gandhi , Gopalrao Kale , Rammanohar Lohia, Sucheta Kripalani , Naliniranjan Sarkar and Vallabhbhai Patel. Addressed prayer meeting .

His Speech was read out at prayer meeting . Met Rajendra Prasad , C. Rajagopalachari , Horace Alexander Mridula Sarabhai, Anantrai Pattani ,Khwaja Abdul Majid, Rameshwari Nehru , Brijlal Nehru , Raja of Bilaspur and Amrit Kaur.

Had talks with Rajendra Prasad , C. Rajagopalachari , Abul Kalam Azad , Rameshwari Nehru , Gopinath Bardoloi and Jawaharlal Nehru. Addressed prayer meeting. Vithoba temple at Pandharpur thrown open to Harijans . Lord Mountbatten resumed office of Governor-General. Ceylon Independence Bill passed by House of Commons.

Had talks with American visitors , Sheikh Abdullah , Abul kalam Azad , Dr .Sjahrir, Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru . Spoke at Guru Nanak birthday celebration. Addressed prayer meeting .

Had talks with Maulanas , Kasturbhai Lalbhai Shah, S. Radhakrishnan Vallabhbhai Patel, Dinshaw K. Mehta and Jehangir Patel. Addressed prayer meeting . Agreement signed between India and Hyderabad.

Visited Panipat , had talks with Muslim refugees, Muslim leaders and Dr. Gopichand Bhargava . Spoke at public meeting . Met Mridula Sarabhai. Addressed prayer meeting

Had talks with Amrit kaur Jehangir C.Patel, khurshed Naoroji, Burmese Premier and Syamaprasad Mukherjee. Addressed prayer meeting.

Had talks with Horace Alexander , Khurshed Naoroji, Abul kalam Azad, Vallabhbhai Patel, Saralabehn Sarabhai, G. V. Mavalankar and M. S. Subbulakshmi. Subbulakashmi sang bhajan at Prayer meeting. Gandhiji addressed the gathering. Inter-Dominion Conference held in Lahore to consider ways and means for restoration of abducted women and forced converts.

Had talks with U. N. Dhebar , Bhaktiba C. P. Ramaswami , Sucheta Kripalani, J. B. Kripalani, Renuka Ray and Jawaharlal Nehru. His speech was read out at prayer meeting. Control on sugar removed.

Had talks with H. S. Suhrawardy , Jayaprakash Narayan and Satis Chandra Das Gupta . Had Discussion with members of K. G. N. M. Trust , teachers and students . Addressed Hindustani Talimi Sangh meeting. In address at prayer meeting dwelt on the activities of A. I. S. A.

Gandhiji had talks with D. B. Kalelkar , Shankar – rao Deo, Ghanshyamdas Birla and Dr. Gopichand Bhargava. Addressed Constructive Works Committee meeting. Spoke at prayer meeting.

Had talks with Y. M. Parnerkar , Perinbehn Captain, Khurshed Naoroji , G. Ramachandran , Saundaram , Satis Chandra Das Gupta , Amrit Kaur and Jawaharlal Nehru. Addressed prayer meeting . Had discussion with constructive workers.

Had talks with Pyarelal , Satis Chandra Das Gupta , Arun Chandra Guha, Princess of Belgium, Amrit Kaur , Vallabhbhai Patel and visitors from Jammu. Addressed prayer meeting.

Had talks with Rajendra Prasad , Shankarrao , Deo , H. S. Suhrawardy , French Ambassador, Rammanohar Lohia , Dr. Gopichand Bhargava , Swaran Singh , and Jawaharlal Nehru . Addressed prayer meeting.

Had talks with Rana Petis , Sri Prakasa and Jawaharlal Nehru . Met people from Bahawalpur, Mirpur and Jammu. Addressed prayer meeting.

Gandhiji had talks with Pandit Sundarlal, H. S. Suhrawardy, Lakshmidas Asar , Raosaheb Patwardhan, Rammanohar Lohia and Jawaharlal Nehru. His speech was read out at prayer meeting. Rajendra Prasad took over as President of Congress.

Met J. B. Kripalani and Maulanas. Addressed prayer meeting. Had discussion with Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru in the evening.

Had talks with Sevakram, Dinshaw K. Mehta, Shamaldas Gandhi, U. N. Dhebar, Balwantrai Mehta, Sardar Nihalsingh, Choithram Gidwani and Kikibehn. Addressed prayer meeting. Had discussion with Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Had talks with Jehangir C. Patel , Shamaldas Gandhi, U. N. Dhebar, Maharaja of Patiala, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sheikh Abdullah. Addressed meeting of cloth merchants. In address at prayer meeting advocated decontrol of cloth.

Had talks with Rameshwari Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel, Sheikh Abdullah, Diwan of Kutch and Abul Kalam Azad. In address at prayer meeting appealed to Nawab of Bahawalpur at arrange for evacuation of Hindus and Sikhs. Had discussion with Jawaharlal Nehru and J. B. Kripalani.

Gandhiji had talks with Amrit Kaur, Anantrai Pattani, Gyani Kartarsingh and Sardar Dilip Singh. In his address at prayer meeting appealed to Government to enforce prohibition. Government of India took over administration of 25 Orissa States.

Had talks with Rajendra Prasad, Jawaharlal Nehru, Amrit Kaur and Maulanas. Addressed prayer meeting at Wavell Canteen refugee camp. Provisional Government of Junagadh dissolved.

Gandhiji had talks with Munnalal G. Shah, Subhadra Gupta, Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulanas. In his written speech for prayer meeting commented on decontrol of food.

Gandhiji had talks with Gopalaswamy Ayyangar, M. S. Aney, Abdul Ghani, Rameshwari Nehru and Mridula Sarabhai. Met people from Punjab, Sindh and N. W. F. P. In speech at prayer meeting, remonstrated with Pakistan Government about incident in Karachi.

Had talks with Vallabhbhai Patel, Manubhai Pancholi, Balwantrai Mehta, Mohanbhai Motichand Gadhadawala, Sriman Narayan, Jawaharlal Nehru and Rameshwari Nehru. Addressed prayer meeting.

Had talks with Shankarrao Deo, Rajendra Prasad, Bhimsen Sachchar, Sorabji Rustom, Pragjibhai and Anantrai Pattani. Addressed prayer meeting.

Gandhiji began fast at 11 a. m. with prayers. Had talk with Vallabhbhai Patel. Met Amrit Kaur, Abul Kalam Azad, Jairamdas Doulatram, H. S. Suhrawardy, Purushottamdas Trikumji and Anantrai Pattani. In address at prayer meeting said he would end his fast when peace returned to Delhi. Train carrying non-Muslim refugees from Bannu attacked at Gujrat railway station by tribesmen; hundreds were killed and wounded and women abducted.

Gandhiji met Jawaharlal Nehru, Pandit Sundarlal, Goswami Ganesh Datt, V. T. Krishnamachari, Kasturbhai Lalbhai Shah, Shankarrao Deo, Acharya Jugal Kishore, B. G. Kher, Maharaja of Devas, Rajendra Prasad, Shah Nawaz Khan, Jairamdas Doulatram, Shanmukham Chetty and K. C. Neogi. On third day of fast, became considerably weak and had to be carried in an armchair. Spoke briefly on microphone, lying in bed ; his dictated speech dealing with questions put by journalists, was read out. Government of India announced implementation of financial agreement with Pakistan regarding balance of payment as gesture of goodwill. Debate on Kashmir issue began in United Nations Security Council.

Gandhiji’s condition deteriorated on fifth day of fast . Health bulletin said it was most undesirable to let fast continue and appealed to people to create condition for ending fast without delay. Abul Kalam Azad, Sir Padmasingh, Gopinath Bardoloi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Satyanarayan Sinha, Lord and Lady Mountbatten, Rammanohar Lohia and Nawab Sadaquat Ali Khan called. Gandhiji had talk with Rajendra Prasad and G. D. Birla .Lying in bed, addressed a few words on microphone; his dictated speech was read out at a mammoth prayer gathering. Abul Kalam Azad, at a public meeting, announced seven conditions on which Gandhiji was prepared to end fast. Representatives of different communities and organizations assembled at Rajendra Prasad’s residence in evening.

Had talks with Jamshedji, Jehangir C. Patel, Dinshaw K. Mehta, H. S. Suhrawardy and Jawaharlal Nehru. Was carried to prayer ground in a chair, his written speech was read out at prayer meeting. Central Peace Committee formed to implement assurances given to Gandhiji. Government decided to decontrol cloth.

Security measures were tightened in Birla House. Gandhiji turned down suggestion for searching people coming to prayer meeting. Met Sikh deputation. Had talks with Iftikhar-ud-Din and Jawaharlal Nehru. Addressed prayer meeting had to be carried in a chair.

Had talks with Jawaharlal Nehru and Sucheta Kripalani. In his Speech at prayer meeting, paid tribute to Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary. Kathiawar rulers signed covenant approving creation of Saurashtra Province, a United State.

Attended Congress Working Committee meeting. Addressed prayer meeting.

Visited Shrine of Khwaja Kutub-ud-Din Bakhtiar at Mehrauli; addressed gathering there. Had talks with Govind Ballabh Pant, Abul Kalam Azad, Maharaja of Vijayanagar, Justice Ramlal, Mehar Chand Khanna, Jawaharlal Nehru and Rameshwari Nehru. Gave interview to Kingsley Martin and Vincent Sheean. Had discussion with R. R. Diwakar, Acharya Jugal Kishore and members of Congress Constitution Sub-committee.Addressed Prayer meeting.

Had talks with Prabhavati, Jayaprakash Narayan, Padmaja Naidu, Krishna Hutheesinh, Indira Gandhi, Rajen Nehru and Sudhir Ghosh. Gave interview to Margaret Bourke-White and General Secretary of Y. W. C. A.
Addressed prayer meeting. Prepared draft constitution of Congress suggesting disbanding of Congress organization and setting up a Lok Sevak Sangh. Had talk with Devdas Gandhi.