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The life of Mahatma Gandhi / Louis Fischer.

By: Fischer, Louis, 1896-1970.
Publisher: London, U.K. : HarperCollinsPublishers, 1997Description: 671 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0006388876.Subject(s): Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 | Statesmen -- India -- BiographyDDC classification: 954.035092
Contents:
Pt. 1. The End and the Beginning. - 1.Death Before Prayers. 2. The Beginnings of an Extraordinary Man. 3. 'M. K. Gandhi, Attorney-at-Law' 4. Gandhi and the Gita. 5. Indian Interlude. 6. Towards Greatness. 7. A Mob Scene. 8. Gandhi Goes to War. 9. The Transformation Begins. 10. 11 September, 1906. 11. Gandhi Goes to Jail. 12. Letter to a Son. 13. Tolstoy and Gandhi. 14. The Shape of Things to Come. 15. The Victory. - Pt. Two. Gandhi In India. 9 January, 1915 - 23 March, 1946. - 1. Home in India. 2. 'Sit Down, Gandhi' 3. 'Children of God' 4. Indigo. 5. First Fast. 6. Goat's Milk. 7. The History of British Rule in India. 8. Murder. 9. Gandhi Enters Politics. 10. Gandhi's Families. 11. Operation and Fast. 12. Funds and Jewels. 13. The 'Silent' Year. 14. Collapse. 15. Prologue. 16. Drama at the Seashore. 17. Parleys with the Rebel. 18. On the way Home. 19. Climax. 20. Without Politics. 21. Descent into War. 22. Winston S. Churchill versus Mohandas K. Gandhi. 23. My Week With Gandhi. 24. Will-Power. 25. Jinnah and Gandhi. - Pt. Three. The Birth of Two Nations 23 March, 1946 - 30 January, 1948. - 1. On the Eve of Independence. 2. India in Suspense. 3. Gandhi Revisted. 4. Pilgrims Progress. 5. Asia's Message to the West. 6. Tragic Victory. 7. Gandhi Hoes His Garden. 8. The Future of India. 9. The Last Fast. 10. The Last Act. - Sources and Bibliography. - Index.
Summary: Louis Fischer's memorable biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the man who led the fight for Indian independence from British rule, is reissued in time for the 50th anniversary of both India's independence and Gandhi's assassination by a Hindu fanatic only a few months after freedom from colonial rule was won. - Back cover.
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Pt. 1. The End and the Beginning. - 1.Death Before Prayers. 2. The Beginnings of an Extraordinary Man. 3. 'M. K. Gandhi, Attorney-at-Law' 4. Gandhi and the Gita. 5. Indian Interlude. 6. Towards Greatness. 7. A Mob Scene. 8. Gandhi Goes to War. 9. The Transformation Begins. 10. 11 September, 1906. 11. Gandhi Goes to Jail. 12. Letter to a Son. 13. Tolstoy and Gandhi. 14. The Shape of Things to Come. 15. The Victory. - Pt. Two. Gandhi In India. 9 January, 1915 - 23 March, 1946. - 1. Home in India. 2. 'Sit Down, Gandhi' 3. 'Children of God' 4. Indigo. 5. First Fast. 6. Goat's Milk. 7. The History of British Rule in India. 8. Murder. 9. Gandhi Enters Politics. 10. Gandhi's Families. 11. Operation and Fast. 12. Funds and Jewels. 13. The 'Silent' Year. 14. Collapse. 15. Prologue. 16. Drama at the Seashore. 17. Parleys with the Rebel. 18. On the way Home. 19. Climax. 20. Without Politics. 21. Descent into War. 22. Winston S. Churchill versus Mohandas K. Gandhi. 23. My Week With Gandhi. 24. Will-Power. 25. Jinnah and Gandhi. - Pt. Three. The Birth of Two Nations 23 March, 1946 - 30 January, 1948. - 1. On the Eve of Independence. 2. India in Suspense. 3. Gandhi Revisted. 4. Pilgrims Progress. 5. Asia's Message to the West. 6. Tragic Victory. 7. Gandhi Hoes His Garden. 8. The Future of India. 9. The Last Fast. 10. The Last Act. - Sources and Bibliography. - Index.

Louis Fischer's memorable biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the man who led the fight for Indian independence from British rule, is reissued in time for the 50th anniversary of both India's independence and Gandhi's assassination by a Hindu fanatic only a few months after freedom from colonial rule was won. - Back cover.