Referring to pages from the history during his Independence Day speech on Tuesday, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin recalled that Mahatma Gandhi had visited areas hit by communal riots at Noakhali in the then Bengal to restore peace instead of taking part in the celebrations in Delhi when India attained freedom in 1947.
“He did not visit the safe places, but went and stayed in the areas where people affected by the violence had lived. Mahatma controlled the riots with his noble intention and good heart,” Mr. Stalin said, elaborating on the idea of India that were in the minds of the people who struggled for the country’s freedom.
