Side B Mohammed Ali CHOWDHURY - Muslim, 73, latterly connected with Gandhi Ashram Trust, out of Noakhali at tine riots started but returned - interviewed at Joyag, 20/4/97, BENGALI 5 > at time of trouble working in Assam with railways ... came back in Nov to see what the sitn was, and came to learn that there was Maulana GS who had instigated some trouble ... 70 > one reason for [M] anger was the Cal riots, GS himself was present there and he came back to N and talked about these things ... 100 > ... didn't go to see GS out of anger and hatred that he'd caused all these things here 110 > when G was here, one morning we met with him and I attended his prayer mtg and heard his counsel 120 > I liked him, he was working for unity between Hs and Ms, ... his main preaching was non-viol which I like, and his coming to N'li did a lot of good to the morale of the people at that time 135 > some people did not really like his presence here, but I don't know of anyone resisting his presence here 140 > didn't go on any of these tours with him ... I heard he walked thro the villages without shoes ... and I heard