Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail in the Indian town of Poona following yet another hunger strike, this one started on 16 August. He had been arrested along with thirty-four members of his ashram and was sentenced to one year's imprisonment on his refusal to leave Yeranda village for Poona. He embarked on a hunger strike to highlight the plight of the "untouchables" in India, but was unconditionally released by the authorities because the strike nearly cost him his life.

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Sources:

1. Wallis, F, (2000). Nuusdagboek, Human & Rousseau: Pretoria.
2. http://www.mkgandhi.org/arrestofmahatma.htm