During the period of partition, what steps were taken by Mahatma Gandhi to re-establish communal harmony?
After the turmoil of partition of the country in 1947, Mahatma Gandhi took the following steps to restore communal harmony in the country. All his efforts bore fruit in no time: 1. He believed in the path of non-violence. He was convinced that non-violence could change the heart of any person. So he moved from the villages of Noakhali in East Bengal to the villages in Bihar and also went to the slum-dwellers in Delhi and Calcutta. Everywhere he stopped Hindus and Muslims from killing each other. In fact, he made a heroic effort to stop communal violence. 2. Gandhiji assured protection to all the members of minority communities. In October 1946, he went to East Bengal where majority of Muslims were killing the minority Hindus. He valiantly persuaded the local Muslims to guarantee the safety of the Hindus.
