Why did Gandhi try to unify the Hindus and Moslems? What were the end results of this attempt?

Having long ago concluded that India's future depends on the relationship between the Moslems and the Hindus, he reached out to the Moslems, hoping for their unification. Gandhi prayed and fasted for a good outcome. Gandhi viewed fasting as a way of communicating with the soul of other men. Gandhi fasted for twenty-one days, but relations did not improve between Moslems and Hindus.