Life And Works Of Mahatma Gandhi

Born And Raised In A Hindu Merchant Caste Family In Coastal Gujarat, Western India, And Trained In Law At The Inner Temple, London, Gandhi First Employed Nonviolent Civil Disobedience As An Expatriate Lawyer In South Born And Raised In A Hindu Merchant Caste Family In Coastal Gujarat, Western India, And Trained In Law At The Inner Temple, London, Gandhi First Employed Nonviolent Civil Disobedience As An Expatriate Lawyer In South Africa, In The Resident Indian Community's Struggle For Civil Rights. After His Return To India In 1915, He Set About Organising Peasants, Farmers, And Urban Labourers To Protest Against Excessive Land-Tax And Discrimination. Assuming Leadership Of The Indian National Congress In 1921, Gandhi Led Nationwide Campaigns For Easing Poverty, Expanding Women's Rights, Building Religious And Ethnic Amity, Ending Untouchability, But Above All For Achieving Swaraj Or Self-Rule. Gandhi Famously Led Indians In Challenging The Britishimposed Salt Tax With The 400 Km Dandi Salt March In 1930, And Later In Calling For The British To Quit India In 1942. The Present Book Is A Humble Effort To Highlight Gandhi's Fundamental Work - A Key To Understanding Both His Life And Thought, And South Asian Politics In The Twentieth Century.A Contents: Life Of Gandhi; Gandhi On Society; Economic Views Of Gandhi; Gandhi On Various Aspects Of Education; The Essence Of Gandhi; Gandhi On Swadeshi.