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confiscated. Its workers were arrested and treated with harshness and cruelty,

both inside and outside prison. Women became special targets since the

Government wanted to prevent a repetition of the Salt Satyagraha. Newspapers
were not allowed to publish reports of Congress activities, meetings and

arrests. Efforts were made to suppress the publication of journals and to

prosecute journalists. The Government had decided to crush the movement.

Gandhi himself and the members of the Working Committee were arrested on

the 4th of January, hardly one week after his arrival from London. He was sent

to the jail at Yervada. His Secretary, Mahadev Desai and Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel were detained with him.

Gandhi got back to the usual routine that he followed in prison. This time he

had to attend to a voluminous mail from India and abroad, seeking his views
and advice on many matters. He himself was keen to remain in touch with the

inmates of his Ashram and his colleagues in the various States.

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