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Let Gandhi die: Churchill
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Let Gandhi die: Churchill
Sunday, January 01, 2006 23:01 IST
LONDON: Winston Churchill, Britain’s World War II prime minister, was prepared to let Mahatma Gandhi starve to death if he went on hunger strike while interned during the war, archival notes released in London showed today.
He thought Gandhi should be dealt with like any other detainee if he refused food. Churchill’s tough line was recorded during war cabinet meetings, which also showed Britain’s confusion over how to handle the charismatic Indian leader’s stance of peaceful opposition.[...]
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