Bhagat Ram and Mahatma Gandhi

[Prof. Dr. Yogendra Yadav]

Prof. Dr. Yogendra Yadav

Senior Gandhian Scholar, Professor, Editor and Linguist

Gandhi International Study and Research Institute, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

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Bhagat Ram and Mahatma Gandhi 

 

Raizada Bhagat Ram, a barrister of Jullundur. He expressed his strong disapproval of the hartal to him also, as will appear from the statement submitted by him. Raizada Bhagat Ram says: After the meeting (of Punjab Legislative Council) I met the Lieutenant- Governor in the drawing-room. He asked me what sort of a hartal we had at Jullundur. I replied it was a complete hartal, and that there was no disturbance. Sir M. O’Dwyer asked me what I attributed it to. I answered, “to my mind it was due to the soul-force of Mr. Gandhi.” On this, Sir Michael raised his fist and said, “Raizada Sahib, remember, there is another force greater than Gandhi’s soul-force.”   

I value your anxiety on my behalf. I should also love to stay under your roof but I must resist the temptation. The weather during February and March is not oppressive at Sabarmati though it is not so bracing as at Jullunder. I must give these months to the Ashram. I am daily gathering strength and taking as much rest as is possible. Dalhousie in April is an attractive proposition but I must postpone final decision till the middle of March. At the present moment Deolali is the objective. Panchgani has been also proposed and now proposals come from Sinhgarh and Almora. It is difficult for me to decide off-hand whose hospitality will be most beneficial from the health standpoint. At the same time I would not for one moment ask you to keep your place at Dalhousie in reserve for me. If any friend needs it meanwhile or you yourself need it, you will not hesitate to give it or make use of it. I must simply take my chance when the time for decision comes.

 

Reference:

1. Letter to Bhagat Ram, February 9, 1926