Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule [Paperback]

Gandhi (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 2008

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. In India, he is recognized as the Father of the Nation. A British-educated lawyer, Gandhi first employed his ideas of peaceful civil disobedience in the Indian community s struggle for civil rights in South Africa. Upon his return to India, he led nationwide campaigns for the alleviation of poverty, for the liberation of women, for brotherhood amongst differing religions and ethnicities, for an end to untouchability and caste discrimination, and for the economic self-sufficiency of the nation, but above all for Swaraj-the independence of India from foreign domination. He famously led Indians in the disobedience of the salt tax on the 400 kilometre (248 miles) Dandi Salt March in 1930, and in an open call for the British to Quit India in 1942. He was imprisoned for many years on numerous occasions in both South Africa and India. He dedicated his life to the wider purpose of discovering truth, or Satya. He tried to achieve this by learning from his own mistakes and conducting experiments on himself. He called his autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Navajivan Publishing House (January 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8172290713
• ISBN-13: 978-8172290702
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,676 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Hind Swaraj, January 13, 2012

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Lawrence Graves (Duluth, GA, US) - See all my reviews

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Gandhi is a bit hard to take in this little book. He rails against all modernity including railways, western medicine, and western education. This is a good book for the student to trace the origins of Gandhism as referenced in his recommendation of other works to read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Soul Searching, April 5, 2004

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melissa (la plata, md) - See all my reviews

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I have to say this is one of my favorite books. I have read many books about the Mahatma, but you will have to read his own accounts to really understand who he is, and how he lived.