On January 18 a peace committee,
representing all communities met and signed a pact pledging unity and the
protection of life, property and faith to the Muslim minority.
Gandhi was informed of the pledge
and he broke his fast.
Gandhi was staying at Birla House.
Every evening he held a prayer meeting in the grounds.
During his prayer meeting on
January 20, a bomb was thrown at him, but it missed its target. Gandhi
constituted his prayer meeting as if nothing had happened.
“Bapuji, a bomb exploded near you,
said a voice.
“Really?” Gandhi said.” Perhaps
some poor fanatic threw it. Let no one look down on him”.
On January 30, after a midday nap,
Gandhi woke up at 3.30 p.m. The whole day he had had a stream of visitors.
Sardar Patel went to see him at 4 o’clock. Nehru and Azad were to come after
the evening prayers.