Finally, on 1st September 1947, Gandhi, who had turned a blind eye to the killing of Hindus in Punjab, was furious over the killing of Muslims and immediately decided to go on an indefinite fast if the attacks on Muslims do not end. That evening, Gandhi was visited by Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, the chief of West Bengal Congress, who was also the acting Premier of the State after its partition. Ghosh told Gandhi “You have been very unfair to the Ministry in undertaking this fast without taking them into your confidence…. You have launched your fast when a section of Hindus have begun to look
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