INDIA AND CONGRESS
INDEPENDENCE DAY FIASCO
GANDHI IN PRISON
(British Official Wlrelcss.J (Received 13th January, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, 12th January. Reports from all parts of India indicate the absence of any enthusiasm: for Congress manifestations such as the inauguration of the previous civil disobedience ■campaign. Yesterday's celebration of "Independence Day" was quite unsuccessful. No demonstrations took place. ■ ". ■ . Rumours circulated yesterday that Mr. Gandhi was to be released on parole were officially denied to-day. It was' emphasised that the Indian Government had no intention of releasing Mr. Gandhi without an undertaking from him not to support the civil disobedience movement. The British members of the Round Table Committees, the work of which the Indian Government is anxious to facilitate, will leave London on Thursday. . .'. •
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1932, Page 9
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123INDIA AND CONGRESS Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1932, Page 9
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