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Indian home rule: (hind swaraj)

By: Publication details: 2009 Promilla & Co. Publishers New DelhiDescription: 238 pISBN:
  • 9789380188027
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.035 G2I6
Summary: This new edition of Gandhiji's most important and well-known work, Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, is being issued to mark its centenary. It carries an 'Introduction' by Professor S.R. Mehrotra. What was Hind Swaraj How was the 'theory of life' contained in it evolved? When precisely did it crystallize? Who was Dr P. J. Mehta, to whom, according to Gandhiji's own admission in 1940, it was first revealed fully and systematically, in July-September 1909 in London? Why was Gandhiji in such a hurry to write and publish it in 1909-10? How long did it actually take Gandhiji to write it in Gujarati in November 1909? Why did the British authorities in India ban the booklet in 1910 both in its Gujarati and English versions? What was the real genesis of passive resistance or satyagraha as practiced by Gandhiji in South Africa? What was the meaning and significance of Gandhiji's antipathy to modern Western civilization and his deep attachment to ancient Indian civilization? How much of Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule is relevant today?
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Translated from Gujarati.Originally published: Natal : International Print. Press, 1910. Includes reproduction of the original t.p.Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

This new edition of Gandhiji's most important and well-known work, Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, is being issued to mark its centenary. It carries an 'Introduction' by Professor S.R. Mehrotra. What was Hind Swaraj How was the 'theory of life' contained in it evolved? When precisely did it crystallize? Who was Dr P. J. Mehta, to whom, according to Gandhiji's own admission in 1940, it was first revealed fully and systematically, in July-September 1909 in London? Why was Gandhiji in such a hurry to write and publish it in 1909-10? How long did it actually take Gandhiji to write it in Gujarati in November 1909? Why did the British authorities in India ban the booklet in 1910 both in its Gujarati and English versions? What was the real genesis of passive resistance or satyagraha as practiced by Gandhiji in South Africa? What was the meaning and significance of Gandhiji's antipathy to modern Western civilization and his deep attachment to ancient Indian civilization? How much of Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule is relevant today?

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