Gandhi walks through Noakhali
1946 · Event
As communal massacres spread from Calcutta into rural Bengal, the 77-year-old Gandhi goes to Noakhali and spends some four months touring its villages, much of it on foot, staying in the houses of the fearful — his answer to Direct Action Day.
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