1943, Newspaper (Hindu)
Prof. Bhansali undertook a fast unto death demanding an enquiry into allegations of molestation of women by British troops in Chimur in Central Provinces. The Government imposed a ban on newspapers from publishing news of the fast. The All-India Newspaper...
1942, Newspaper (Hindu)
Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress leaders were arrested in Bombay on August 9. 1942 after the All-India Congress Committee passed the “Quit India” resolution. THE HINDU: “Having got the A.I.C.C. to adopt that resolution, Gandhiji made it clear that he...
1941, Newspaper (Hindu)
Mr. R. Galletti, Joint Magistrate of Gudur (Andhra) hit the headlines with his eccentric behaviour towards satyagrahis in the individual satyagraha movement in which they courted arrest by shouting anti-war slogans. He lectured to them in his court, attended their...
1940, Newspaper (Hindu)
“If the Muslims are a minority they must be willing to agree to any arrangement which would give them the right to declare what safeguards there should be for themselves, the matter being left for decision to an impartial outsider in cases where a difference of...
1939, Newspaper (Hindu)
“Whatever may be the duty of a political opposition it is not the duty of the Press to oppose any more than it is to support without adequate reasons. In every case it must be guided solely by consideration of the public interest. It must always be for the...
1938, Newspaper (Hindu)
“The relief with which the Munich Agreement has been hailed will necessarily have to be tempered by doubts if permanent peace can be assured on foundations of such unilateral sacrifice.” SEPTEMBER 30, 1938 Munich Agreement THE SIGNING OF THE MUNICH PACT...
1937, Newspaper (Hindu)
“There are indications to show that China will be able to put up a more effective resistance than in the past. Politically the anti-imperialist front has been developed effectively; the latest demonstration of its genuineness is the news that the Chinese...
1936, Newspaper (Hindu)
“There are two questions of great constitutional importance which must be solved…. In the first place Ireland should be left to determine the form of her government and incidentally to decide upon her relations with Great Britain. Close observers of Irish...
1935, Newspaper (Hindu)
“The Congress has shown itself an incomparably keen and sensitive instrument of India’s will in nothing so much as in the confiding faith with which it placed itself under Gandhiji’s guidance and the loyalty with which it has striven to realise his...
1934, Newspaper (Hindu)
“He (Rangaswami Iyengar) had ever a sunny smile and a friendly word for all who came to him for help and advice and none went away but felt comforted or fortified. Abstemious in his habits, and with little ambition except in the country’s cause, his...
