NEW DELHI, October 6 (UNI)—Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the 80-year-old Pakhtoon leader and one of the closest associates of Mahatma Gandhi, broke his three-day fast at 7 this morning with a glass of “musumbi” juice offered by another eminent Gandhian and Sarvodya leader Jayaprakash Narayan. Badshah Khan had undertaken the fast as penance for the “atmosphere of violence, tyranny and hatred in the country.” Before the breaking of his fast, the Frontier Gandhi prayed silently, joined by the assembled crowd, “for God’s grace so that scenes of violent emotional outbursts”, may not be repeated in the land of his leader—Mahatma Gandhi. Immediately after breaking the fast the aged Pakhtoon leader spoke briefly to the assembled crowd once more reiterating that the main considerations of “his visit to India was to meet people of all walks, faiths and beliefs so that they may sit together and find a solution for eradicating tyranny, hatred and violence from India”.
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