Gandhi biography books

We’re talking about books to read about Gandhi, but it’s hard to do that without mentioning your own biography. There’s the volume that covers Gandhi’s years in South Africa, Gandhi Before India, and then there’s another 900+ page volume, Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, covering the period from 1914 until his death in 1948. Especially for younger people who might not be as familiar with Gandhi, can you tell us why he’s so important and why we need to know about him?

We need to know about him for many reasons. One is that he is regarded as the father of the Indian nation, and India is the world’s largest democracy and its second most populous country. He is the major national figure in India, comparable to, say, Lincoln and Jefferson in the United States, De Gaulle in France, Churchill in the UK, Mao in China, Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam and so on. He was the preeminent nationalist leader of one of the world’s most important and largest countries.

But he was much more than merely a political leader. He was also a moral philosopher who gave the world a particular technique for combating injustice, namely nonviolent protest. He called this technique ‘satyagraha’, or ‘truth force’, and it has been followed and adopted in many countries acro

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» Selected Letters of Mahatma Gandhi

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» The Admiration of Calcutta

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» MAHATMA Statesman - Representation Early Theatre - Quantity I

» MAHATMA GANDHI - The Origination of Nonviolence - Amount II

» MAHATMA GANDHI - The Opening of Nonviolence - Supply III

» MAHATMA GANDHI - Satyagraha oral cavity Work - Volume IV

» MAHATMA Statesman - Bharat Awakened - Volume V

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BOOKS BY MAHATMA GANDHI

» An Autobiography or The Story Of My Experiments With Truth, by M.K. Gandhi | Read Review | PDF | EPUBNew» Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, by M.K. Gandhi | E-Book» Key To Health, by M. K. Gandhi | Read Review | E-Book

COMPILATIONS OF MAHATMA GANDHI'S WRITINGS

» Gandhiji's Autobiography Abridged - Abridged by Bharatan Kumarappa | PDF | EPUB» All Men Are Brothers - Compiled and Edited by Krishna Kripalani | PDF | EPUB» Ashram Observances in action - By M.K. Gandhi | PDF | EPUB» Constructive Programme - Its Meaning and Place - By M.K. Gandhi | E-Book» Diet and Diet Reform - By M.K. Gandhi | Read Review | E-BookNew» Discourses on the Gita | E-BookNew» Epigrams From Gandhi, compiled by S. R. Tikekar| E-Book» Ethical Religion | E-Book» From Yeravda Mandir (Ashram Observances), by M.K. Gandhi | Read Review | E-Book» Gandhi's Life In His Own Words - Compiled by Krishna Kripalani | E-BookNew» GANDHI - His Relevance for our times | E-BookNew» Gandhiji Expects | E-BookNew» Gandhiji on KHADI| E-Book» Gandhiji on VILLAGES | E-Book&r