Women in Gandhian Movement - I PDF
Women in Gandhian Movement - I PDF
Women in Gandhian Movement - I PDF
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stop the sale of foreign cloth for three months with effect
from 15 July 1930 at the demand of the Congress.184
come out and did not let the teachers enter the school
compound.195 On 8 October 1930, the S.D.College, the
D.A.V. College, the D.A.V. School, the Dayal Singh College,
Lahore, were closed down as a protest against the
conviction and sentences passed on Bhagat Singh,
Sukhdev and Rajguru.196 But the government Institutions
were not closed. The picketeers in Lahore belonged to the
Students Union under the leadership of Manmohini Zutshi
(President of Union). As a result, seventeen women
including three Zutshi sisters were arrested for defying the
govt, ordinances.197
Similarly, the Hissar Jail was most badly run and ill
managed. It was here that Mohini Devi who was kept here
was also not treated properly. As a result, she had to go
on hunger strike several times to get her grievances
redressed. At Jhang, Luxmi Trikha was arrested on 18
May, 1932 and sentenced to two months rigorous
imprisonment and fine of Rs. 100 or in default one month
further imprisonment. She was kept in a solitary
confinement as commented in editorial of The Tribune. At
the demand of the public, she was later on transferred to
the women’s cell of Lahore Jail.238
DELHI
Gandhi’s expectation from women for continuation of
picketing, his way back to jai, did work on the mind of
women of Delhi also. Amrit Bazar Patrika a famous
newspaper of Culcutta, went to to tell us that the Civil
Disobdience Movement in Delhi initially took place on the
refusal of 24 girl students to salute the Union Jack as a
result of which their names were struck off from the
rolls.246
205. Ibid., January 16, 24, February 5, April 29, September 20,
December 17, 1930.
206. The Tribune, August 20, 28, 29, September 18, 24, 28,
October 1, 7, 29, December 19, 1930, March 6, 7, 1931.
207. Ibid., August 29, 1930.
208. Home Department, Political, 1931, File No. 23/26 NAI.
209. The Tribune, August 16, 1930.
210. Home Department, Political, 1930, File No. 173/VIII
211. Personal Interview with Manmohini Zutshi, Adarsh Bala, and
Luxmi Trikha quoted in Verma Manju, op.cit., Ref. No. 190 p.
114.
212. The Tribune, May 1, August 29, September 18 and November
11, 1930.
213. Ibid, May 1, 1931.
214. Ibid., May 14, October 14, December 16, 1931 and January 7,
1932.
215. Ibid., April 24, 1931.
216. Ibid., July 25, 1931.
217. Indian Annual Register, 1931, Vil. I pp. 82 and 85, also
youngh India, 12 March 1931, pp. 34-35.
218. Ibid., 1932, Vol. I, pp. 1-2.
219. CWMG,Vol. 48, pp. 496-72, The Tribune, January 3, 1932.
220. Home Department, Political, 1932, File No. 5/46
221. The Tribune, January 25, 31 February 3, 4, 10, 14, 18, 24, 27
March 9, 14, 20, April, 15, May 4, 12, 21, June 2 and July 4,
1932.
222. Ibid., January 8, 1932.
223. Ibid., February 10, 1932.
224. Ibid., May 25, 1932.
225. The Tribune, June 6, 8, 1932.
226. Verma, Manju, op.cit., p. 100.
227. The Tribune, January 21, 1932.
228. Ibid., January 31 and February 1, 1932.
229. Personal Interview with Shri Ram Sharma quoted in
Verma Manju, op.cit., Ref. 237, p. 115.
230. The Tribune, March 6, 1932.
231. Ibid., January 17, 1932.
232. The Tribune, January 29, 1932.
233. Verma Manju, op.cit., p. 102.
234. The Tribune, May 7, 1933.
235. Home Department, Political, 1933 File no. 3/II.
236. The Tribune, February, 6 and8,1932.
237. Ibid., March 5, 16, April 20 and May 1, 1932.
238. Ibid., June 10, 16, 18, 1932.
239. Ibid., January 18-31, February 14,21, March 12, 13,
June 4, 5 and July 6, 1932.
240. Verma Manju, op.cit., p. 106.
241. The Tribune, August 3, 4, 5, 1933.
242. Ibid., August 6 and 10, 1933.
243. Home Department, Political, 1933, File No. 13/8.
244. Ibid.
245. Verma Manju, op.cit., p. 107.
246. Amrit Bazar Patrika, 11 March 1930.
247. Zacharia H.C.E. - Renascent India, pp. 263-264.
248. Annual Register, January-June, 1930, Vol. I, pp. 150-
SI.
249. Amrit Bazar Patrika, 4 June 1930.
250. Ibid, 29 May, 1930.
251. Brockway, A.F. - Indian Crisis, London, p. 163.
252. Kaur, Man Mohan, op.cit., p. 196.