{"id":248,"date":"2025-12-25T16:06:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T16:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qsh.in\/boards\/wbbse\/?p=248"},"modified":"2026-01-02T04:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T04:53:04","slug":"the-passing-away-of-bapu-unit-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qsh.in\/boards\/wbbse\/class-x\/english\/the-passing-away-of-bapu-unit-i\/","title":{"rendered":"The Passing Away of Bapu Bengali Meaning, Summary & Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was having<\/span> tea at home on the evening<\/span> of 30th January, 1948 <\/span>, when I was called<\/span> to Birla house by an urgent<\/span> telephone.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u09e7\u09ef\u09ea\u09ee \u09b8\u09be\u09b2\u09c7\u09b0 \u09e9\u09e6\u09b6\u09c7 \u099c\u09be\u09a8\u09c1\u09af\u09bc\u09be\u09b0\u09bf \u09b8\u09a8\u09cd\u09a7\u09cd\u09af\u09be\u09af\u09bc \u09ac\u09be\u09a1\u09bc\u09bf\u09a4\u09c7 \u099a\u09be \u0996\u09be\u099a\u09cd\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u09be\u09ae, \u09af\u0996\u09a8 \u0986\u09ae\u09be\u0995\u09c7 \u098f\u0995\u099f\u09bf \u099c\u09b0\u09c1\u09b0\u09bf \u099f\u09c7\u09b2\u09bf\u09ab\u09cb\u09a8\u09c7 \u09ac\u09bf\u09a1\u09bc\u09b2\u09be \u09b9\u09be\u0989\u09b8\u09c7 \u09a1\u09be\u0995\u09be \u09b9\u09b2\u09cb\u0964\r\n<\/div>\n
Gandhiji had been shot<\/span> on his way<\/span> to a prayer<\/span> meeting. I was numb<\/span> with shock<\/span> as I got into the car.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u0997\u09be\u09a8\u09cd\u09a7\u09c0\u099c\u09bf \u098f\u0995\u099f\u09bf \u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09be\u09b0\u09cd\u09a5\u09a8\u09be \u09b8\u09ad\u09be\u09af\u09bc \u09af\u09be\u0993\u09af\u09bc\u09be\u09b0 \u09aa\u09a5\u09c7 \u0997\u09c1\u09b2\u09bf\u09ac\u09bf\u09a6\u09cd\u09a7 \u09b9\u09af\u09bc\u09c7\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u09c7\u09a8\u0964 \u0986\u09ae\u09bf \u0997\u09be\u09dc\u09bf\u09a4\u09c7 \u0993\u09a0\u09be\u09b0 \u09b8\u09ae\u09df \u0986\u0998\u09be\u09a4\u09c7 \u0985\u09b8\u09be\u09dc \u09b9\u09df\u09c7 \u0997\u09bf\u09df\u09c7\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u09be\u09ae\u0964\r\n<\/div>\n
At the Birla House, Gandhiji\u2019s relatives<\/span> and followers<\/span> had gathered<\/span> round<\/span> his body.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u09ac\u09bf\u09a1\u09bc\u09b2\u09be \u09b9\u09be\u0989\u09b8\u09c7, \u0997\u09be\u09a8\u09cd\u09a7\u09c0\u099c\u09bf\u09b0 \u0986\u09a4\u09cd\u09ae\u09c0\u09df\u09b8\u09cd\u09ac\u099c\u09a8 \u098f\u09ac\u0982 \u0985\u09a8\u09c1\u0997\u09be\u09ae\u09c0\u09b0\u09be \u09a4\u09be\u0981\u09b0 \u09a6\u09c7\u09b9\u09c7\u09b0 \u099a\u09be\u09b0\u09aa\u09be\u09b6\u09c7 \u099c\u09dc\u09cb \u09b9\u09df\u09c7\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u09c7\u09a8\u0964\r\n<\/div>\n
There was silence<\/span> in the room as Gandhiji breathed his last<\/span>.\r\n\r\n\r\n\u0998\u09b0\u09c7 \u09aa\u09bf\u09a8\u09aa\u09a4\u09a8 \u09a8\u09c0\u09b0\u09ac\u09a4\u09be \u099b\u09bf\u09b2 \u09af\u0996\u09a8 \u0997\u09be\u09a8\u09cd\u09a7\u09c0\u099c\u09bf \u09b6\u09c7\u09b7 \u09a8\u09bf\u0983\u09b6\u09cd\u09ac\u09be\u09b8 \u09a4\u09cd\u09af\u09be\u0997 \u0995\u09b0\u09b2\u09c7\u09a8\u0964\r\n<\/div>\n
Words<\/span> of Bapuji\u2019s death had spread<\/span> through<\/span> Delhi like a flame<\/span> fanned<\/span> by wind<\/span>.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u09ac\u09be\u09aa\u09c1\u099c\u09bf\u09b0 \u09ae\u09c3\u09a4\u09cd\u09af\u09c1\u09b0 \u0996\u09ac\u09b0 \u09a6\u09bf\u09b2\u09cd\u09b2\u09bf\u09a4\u09c7 \u09ac\u09be\u09a4\u09be\u09b8\u09c7\u09b0 \u09a4\u09cb\u09dc\u09c7 \u0986\u0997\u09c1\u09a8\u09c7\u09b0 \u09b6\u09bf\u0996\u09be\u09b0 \u09ae\u09a4\u09cb \u099b\u09dc\u09bf\u09df\u09c7 \u09aa\u09dc\u09c7\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u0964\r\n<\/div>\n
Sad<\/span> groups<\/span> of men and women had collected<\/span> around Birla House. Out of every<\/span> window<\/span> one could see a brown blur<\/span> of faces<\/span>.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u09a8\u09be\u09b0\u09c0 \u0993 \u09aa\u09c1\u09b0\u09c1\u09b7\u09c7\u09b0 \u09a6\u09c1\u0983\u0996\u09bf\u09a4 \u09a6\u09b2\u0997\u09c1\u09b2\u09cb \u09ac\u09bf\u09a1\u09bc\u09b2\u09be \u09b9\u09be\u0989\u09b8\u09c7\u09b0 \u099a\u09be\u09b0\u09aa\u09be\u09b6\u09c7 \u099c\u09ae\u09be\u09df\u09c7\u09a4 \u09b9\u09df\u09c7\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u0964 \u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09a4\u09bf\u099f\u09bf \u099c\u09be\u09a8\u09be\u09b2\u09be \u09a6\u09bf\u09df\u09c7 \u0985\u0997\u09a3\u09bf\u09a4 \u09ae\u09c1\u0996\u09c7\u09b0 \u098f\u0995\u099f\u09bf \u09ac\u09be\u09a6\u09be\u09ae\u09c0 \u0985\u09b8\u09cd\u09aa\u09b7\u09cd\u099f \u09ad\u09bf\u09dc \u09a6\u09c7\u0996\u09be \u09af\u09be\u099a\u09cd\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u0964\r\n<\/div>\n
They did not make a sound<\/span>. There was an unnatural<\/span> silence<\/span>. It was as if time<\/span> stood still<\/span> for those<\/span> few minutes.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u09a4\u09be\u09b0\u09be \u0995\u09cb\u09a8\u09cb \u09b6\u09ac\u09cd\u09a6 \u0995\u09b0\u099b\u09bf\u09b2 \u09a8\u09be\u0964 \u09b8\u09c7\u0996\u09be\u09a8\u09c7 \u098f\u0995 \u0985\u09b8\u09cd\u09ac\u09be\u09ad\u09be\u09ac\u09bf\u0995 \u09a8\u09c0\u09b0\u09ac\u09a4\u09be \u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u0964 \u09af\u09c7\u09a8 \u09b8\u09c7\u0987 \u0995\u09df\u09c7\u0995 \u09ae\u09bf\u09a8\u09bf\u099f\u09c7\u09b0 \u099c\u09a8\u09cd\u09af \u09b8\u09ae\u09df \u09a5\u09ae\u0995\u09c7 \u0997\u09bf\u09df\u09c7\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u0964\r\n<\/div>\n
The people were too<\/span> stunned<\/span> to speak in the beginning<\/span>. Later<\/span> they clamoured<\/span> wildly<\/span>, shouting<\/span> and crying<\/span>.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u09b6\u09c1\u09b0\u09c1\u09a4\u09c7 \u09b2\u09cb\u0995\u099c\u09a8 \u098f\u09a4\u099f\u09be\u0987 \u09b8\u09cd\u09a4\u09ae\u09cd\u09ad\u09bf\u09a4 \u099b\u09bf\u09b2 \u09af\u09c7 \u0995\u09a5\u09be \u09ac\u09b2\u09a4\u09c7 \u09aa\u09be\u09b0\u099b\u09bf\u09b2 \u09a8\u09be\u0964 \u09aa\u09b0\u09c7 \u09a4\u09be\u09b0\u09be \u09aa\u09be\u0997\u09b2\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ae\u09a4\u09cb \u099a\u09bf\u09ce\u0995\u09be\u09b0 \u0993 \u0995\u09be\u09a8\u09cd\u09a8\u09be\u0995\u09be\u099f\u09bf \u0995\u09b0\u09c7 \u09b9\u099f\u09cd\u099f\u0997\u09cb\u09b2 \u09b6\u09c1\u09b0\u09c1 \u0995\u09b0\u09b2\u0964\r\n<\/div>\n
They jostled<\/span> one another in a stampede<\/span> to break into<\/span> the house.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u09ac\u09be\u09dc\u09bf\u09b0 \u09ad\u09c7\u09a4\u09b0\u09c7 \u099c\u09cb\u09b0 \u0995\u09b0\u09c7 \u09a2\u09cb\u0995\u09be\u09b0 \u099c\u09a8\u09cd\u09af \u09b9\u09c1\u09dc\u09cb\u09b9\u09c1\u09dc\u09bf \u0995\u09b0\u09a4\u09c7 \u0997\u09bf\u09df\u09c7 \u09a4\u09be\u09b0\u09be \u098f\u0995\u09c7 \u0985\u09aa\u09b0\u0995\u09c7 \u09a7\u09be\u0995\u09cd\u0995\u09be\u09a7\u09be\u0995\u09cd\u0995\u09bf \u0995\u09b0\u09a4\u09c7 \u09b2\u09be\u0997\u09b2\u0964\r\n<\/div>\n
They calmed<\/span> a little when it was announced<\/span> that they would be allowed<\/span> to see Gandhiji before the funeral<\/span>.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u09a4\u09be\u09b0\u09be \u0995\u09bf\u099b\u09c1\u099f\u09be \u09b6\u09be\u09a8\u09cd\u09a4 \u09b9\u09b2\u09cb \u09af\u0996\u09a8 \u0998\u09cb\u09b7\u09a3\u09be \u0995\u09b0\u09be \u09b9\u09b2\u09cb \u09af\u09c7 \u09b6\u09c7\u09b7\u0995\u09c3\u09a4\u09cd\u09af\u09c7\u09b0 \u0986\u0997\u09c7 \u09a4\u09be\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u0997\u09be\u09a8\u09cd\u09a7\u09c0\u099c\u09bf\u0995\u09c7 \u09a6\u09c7\u0996\u09be\u09b0 \u0985\u09a8\u09c1\u09ae\u09a4\u09bf \u09a6\u09c7\u0993\u09af\u09bc\u09be \u09b9\u09ac\u09c7\u0964\r\n<\/div>\n
When one is faced<\/span> with the shock<\/span> of a loved one\u2019s<\/span> death, one whimpers<\/span>: \u201cWhat will become<\/span> of me now that he has left<\/span> me?\u201d\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u09af\u0996\u09a8 \u0995\u09c7\u0989 \u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09bf\u09df\u099c\u09a8\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ae\u09c3\u09a4\u09cd\u09af\u09c1\u09b0 \u0986\u0998\u09be\u09a4\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ae\u09c1\u0996\u09cb\u09ae\u09c1\u0996\u09bf \u09b9\u09df, \u09b8\u09c7 \u09ac\u09bf\u09b2\u09be\u09aa \u0995\u09b0\u09c7 \u09ac\u09b2\u09c7: \"\u098f\u0996\u09a8 \u0986\u09ae\u09be\u09b0 \u0995\u09bf \u09b9\u09ac\u09c7 (\u09ac\u09be \u0995\u09bf \u0997\u09a4\u09bf \u09b9\u09ac\u09c7), \u09af\u09c7 \u09b8\u09c7 \u0986\u09ae\u09be\u0995\u09c7 \u099b\u09c7\u09dc\u09c7 \u099a\u09b2\u09c7 \u0997\u09c7\u09b2?\"\r\n<\/div>\n
This was surely<\/span> the question uppermost<\/span> in the mind<\/span> of the mourning<\/span> people. They looked like lost<\/span> children.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u09b6\u09cb\u0995\u09b0\u09a4 \u09ae\u09be\u09a8\u09c1\u09b7\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ae\u09a8\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ae\u09a7\u09cd\u09af\u09c7 \u09a8\u09bf\u09b6\u09cd\u099a\u09bf\u09a4\u09ad\u09be\u09ac\u09c7 \u098f\u0987 \u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09b6\u09cd\u09a8\u099f\u09bf\u0987 \u09b8\u09ac\u09be\u09b0 \u0989\u09aa\u09b0\u09c7 \u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u0964 \u09a4\u09be\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u09a6\u09c7\u0996\u09c7 \u09b9\u09be\u09b0\u09bf\u09df\u09c7 \u09af\u09be\u0993\u09df\u09be \u09b6\u09bf\u09b6\u09c1\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ae\u09a4\u09cb \u09ae\u09a8\u09c7 \u09b9\u099a\u09cd\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u0964\r\n<\/div>\n
It was the question in many of our hearts<\/span> as we sat, still<\/span> shocked and unbelieving<\/span>. We listened<\/span> to the broadcast<\/span> telling the people of India that their Bapu was no more<\/span>.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u0986\u09ae\u09b0\u09be \u09af\u0996\u09a8 \u09ac\u09b8\u09c7\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u09be\u09ae, \u09a4\u0996\u09a8\u0993 \u09b8\u09cd\u09a4\u09ae\u09cd\u09ad\u09bf\u09a4 \u098f\u09ac\u0982 \u0985\u09ac\u09bf\u09b6\u09cd\u09ac\u09be\u09b8\u09c0, \u0986\u09ae\u09be\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u0985\u09a8\u09c7\u0995\u09c7\u09b0 \u09b9\u09c3\u09a6\u09df\u09c7\u0987 \u099b\u09bf\u09b2 \u098f\u0987 \u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09b6\u09cd\u09a8\u0964 \u0986\u09ae\u09b0\u09be \u09b8\u09c7\u0987 \u09b8\u09ae\u09cd\u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u099a\u09be\u09b0 \u09b6\u09c1\u09a8\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u09be\u09ae \u09af\u09be \u09ad\u09be\u09b0\u09a4\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ae\u09be\u09a8\u09c1\u09b7\u0995\u09c7 \u099c\u09be\u09a8\u09be\u099a\u09cd\u099b\u09bf\u09b2 \u09af\u09c7 \u09a4\u09be\u09a6\u09c7\u09b0 \u09ac\u09be\u09aa\u09c1 \u0986\u09b0 \u09a8\u09c7\u0987\u0964\r\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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