Gandhi walks through Noakhali
1946 · Event
As communal massacres spread from Calcutta into the Bengal countryside, the 77-year-old Gandhi goes to Noakhali on foot — four months, village to village, barefoot where the ground had seen killing, staying in the houses of the fearful. His answer to Direct Action Day, and his method's last great trial.
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