14th August 1947. Mahatma Gandhi was in Calcutta where he was together trying to ensure that the communal riots of 1946 would not be repeated when 15th August came. When they asked Gandhi whether he would miss being in Delhi that day, he quoted John Masefield's 'A Consecration' pic.twitter.com/Nh41PvtTTv

— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) August 14, 2020