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8026 |
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| Book Title |
Gandhi - an autobiography: the story of my experiments with truth |
| Author |
Gandhi, Mahatma; Desai, Mahadev H. (Trans.); |
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Anthony J. Parel is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Calgary. He is the author of The Machiavellian Cosmos (1992) and Gandhi's Philosophy and the Quest for Harmony (Cambridge, 2006). - Source: Powell's Books
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| Subject |
World history |
| Descriptors |
Statesmen; Autobiography; |
| Call No |
DS481.G3A3 |
| Description |
Ghandi was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the movement to free India from British rule. He was the pioneer of satyagraha, resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, a philosophy founded upon total nonviolence, which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. - Source: Library Thing
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Western India in 1869. He was educated in London and later travelled to South Africa, where he experienced racism and took up the rights of Indians, instituti- ng his first campaign of passive resistance. In 1915 he returned to British-controlled India, bringing to a country in the throes of independence his commitment to non-violent change, and his belief always in the power of truth. Under Gandhi's lead, millions of protesters would engage in mass campaigns of civil disobedience, seeking change through ahimsa, or non-violence. For Gandhi, the long path towards Indian independence would lead to imprisonment and hardship, yet he never once forgot the principles of truth and non-violence so dear to him. Written in the 1920s, Gandhi's autobiography tells of his struggles and his inspirations; a powerful and enduring statement of an extraordinary life. - Source: Library Thing
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0 |
| Imprint |
HarperCollins Publishers, 1999 |
| ISBN |
978-1-46369-487-6 |
| Edition |
1st paperback ed. |
| Language |
English |
| Total Copies |
1 |
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1 |
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