About Mohandas K. Gandhi
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist (1869–1948), known as Mahatma. Gandhi developed satyagraha — mass nonviolent resistance — in South Africa and led it against British rule in India, becoming the twentieth century's foremost theorist and practitioner of nonviolence before his assassination in 1948.
Books by Mohandas K. Gandhi
Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule
Gandhi's foundational political statement, written in 1909 as a dialogue between an impatient 'Reader' and an 'Editor' (Gandhi himself). Its argument is radical: real freedom — swaraj — is not merely expelling the Briti…
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Gandhi's foundational statement of his political philosophy, and a radical anti-colonial text unlike any other. Written in 1909 as a dialogue, it argues that true self-rule (swaraj) means not merely driving out the Brit…
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