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Years of Fasts of Mahatma Gandhi

1913 (Phoenix) Penitential fast for a week for moral lapses of two immediate at the settlement
1914 (Phoenix) Fourteen days fast for similar reason
01 June, 1915 Fasted for a day on detecting untruth among Ashram boys
11 September, 1915 Gave up evening meal due to some Ashramaties objection to the admission of a Harijan in the Ashram
15 March, 1918 For a rise in the wages of mill workers of Ahmedabad
06 April, 1919 First day of Satyagraha fight
13 April, 1919 Began fast for 72 hours for Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar and disturbances at Bombay and Ahmedabad.
19-21 Nov., 1921 Fasted owing to disturbances at Bombay
28 November, 1921 Took vow to fast for 24 hours every Monday till Swaraj was won and started it from that day.
12-16 Feb., 1922 Owing to the massacre at Chauri Chaura
17 Sep. to 7 Oct., 1924 For communal unity
24-30 Nov., 1925 For having detected sexual aberrations in some boys and girls of the Ashram.
22-24 June, 1928 Owing to moral lapse of an Ashram inmate
20-25 Sept., 1932 In protest against the decision to setup separate electorate for the Harijans.
03 December, 1932 In protest against Government not allowing a fellow prisoner to do scavenging work
08-29 May, 1932 For self purification and of his colleagues.
16-22 August, 1933 In protest against Government's decision not to grant all the facilities for Harijan work which he was having previously in Jail.
07-13 August, 1934 An irrate reformer attacked an opponent of the Harijan upliftment movement with a lathi. Started fast to atone.
03-06 March, 1939 For the breach of promise by the Rajkot ruler.
12-13 Nov., 1940 Fasted for two days for minor thefts in the Ashram
05-07 May, 1941 Because of communal riots in Bombay and Ahmedabad
29 June, 1941 For communal unity
10-03 March, 1943 In protest against Government's propaganda that the responsibility of disturbances after Quit India resolution was that of Congress.
30 November, 1944 Fasted or thought of fasting for one or more days. Details and reason could not be traced.
20 October, 1946 Probably on account of an error by the person who prepared the fair copy of a letter written during negotiations with the Muslim League.
15 August, 1947 Against partition of the country
01 to 03 Sept., 1947 For communal harmony
11 October, 1947 Birth date according to Vikram calendar. Fasted instead of celebrating it.