o  At the time of India’s Independence Mahatma Gandhi was not member  of congress

o  In August and September of 1947, away from the celebration of Independence, Gandhi chose to be in Kolkata with some of his followers to calm the rioters down.

o  Gandhi refused to participate in any festivities - along with his protege Abdul Ghaffar Khan, he was the last person to fight Partition till the very end.

o  "I cannot rejoice on August 15. I do not want to deceive you. But at the same time I shall not ask you not to rejoice. Unfortunately the kind of freedom we have got today contains also the seeds of future conflict between India and Pakistan. How can we therefore light the lamps?" Gandhi had said in July.