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  On August 9, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested following the adoption of the Quit India resolution. His detention would last twenty-one months, but the place of detention was unusual when compared with the conventional prisons associated with British India. Gandhi was taken to the Aga Khan Palace in Pune. The property was a residential palace with gardens and accommodation rather than a conventional penal institution. The British administration had taken control of the property and used it as a secure location for Gandhi's internment. The people who remained with Gandhi provide another part of the record. Kasturba Gandhi was detained with him. Mahadev Desai, Gandhi's secretary, was also present and died at the palace on August 15, 1942. Sarojini Naidu and attendants were associated with the detention as well. Medical supervision was available. Gandhi undertook a twenty-one-day fast in February 1943 while at the palace, and the administration maintained medical oversight...

  How political authority is exercised is an important question in the history of modern India. Political institutions have formal rules, but major leaders, organisational structures, elections, public movements, and political families can also influence how those institutions function. A recent video examines several historical episodes to explore whether methods associated with the Gandhi era continued in later decades. One of the earliest examples concerns Subhas Chandra Bose. In nineteen thirty-nine, Bose defeated the establishment candidate for Congress president at Tripuri. His victory did not end the internal conflict. The Congress High Command opposed him, and the resulting Working Committee crisis eventually forced Bose out of the Congress presidency. This episode illustrates the tension that can arise between an elected organisational mandate and the authority of an established leadership structure. The question appeared again in nineteen forty-six. Twelve of fifteen ...