[sukhoi-30mki]

Gandhi stayed away from Delhi to stop the bloodshed in Calcutta & elsewhere while India gained independence.He was on one of his numerous fasts to death to prevent the bloodshed in Calcutta-so I don't know where you got that nugget from.About the "I am a Mahatma" part,well what he said was if he took an assasin's bullet with the name of God on his lips,ONLY THEN can I be considered as a true Mahatma-which he did.

[Diamond]

Gandhi stayed away from Delhi to stop the bloodshed in Calcutta & elsewhere while India gained independence...

He may very well have stayed away for that stated purpose. I merely quoted an excerpt from the linked article, although I forgot to include quotation marks. The article does quote Gandhi as stating, "And if the whole of Calcutta swims in blood, it will not dismay me. For it will be a willing offering of innocent blood."

Can you explain the apparent contradiction?

Cordially,

[Cronos]

I am a Mahatma

Actually Diamond is only half-quoting --> the full statement was "If I die with grace and with God's name on my lips, then I truly deserve to be called Mahatma (great soul)"