First two leaves of first volume (title page and a plate) partly detached. Small tears to edges of some leaves (not affecting text). Several months later, Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist. In 1947, India gained its independence, to a considerable extent thanks to Gandhi's continuous struggle. At the end of World War I, he returned to India, became a member of parliament and dedicated himself to India's struggle for independence from British rule by non-violent civil resistance (Satyagraha) – protests, hunger strikes and other actions, some of which landed him several times in prison. In this book, he writes in depth about his early life, family, the choices he made, his return to India, and his role in Indias freedom struggle. He studied law in England and worked in South-Africa, where he encountered severe manifestations of racism, and started developing his anti-colonial views. Gandhi was born to a Hindu family of a high caste in coastal Gujarat, western India, during the British rule. Gandhi was compelled to write the autobiography by his close friend. Published in a weekly journal, Navjivan, between 19, it covers the span of time between Gandhi’s early childhood through roughly 1921. English.Īutobiography by Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi, a political leader and the 'spiritual father' of India. The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Indian activist Mohandas K. I: 1933 (reprinting of the first edition from 1927). Ahmedabad, India: Navajivan Karyalaya / Navajivan Press. The Story of My Experiments with Truth, by Mahatma Gandhi.
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