The Gandhis belong to the Bania caste and seem to have been originally grocers. But for three generations, from my grandfather, they have been Prime Ministers in several Kathiawad States.
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My experiments with truth
an autobiography
by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mahadev Desai, Tridip Suhrud, Bill Wallace, D. Fog, Emi K, Beatrice Tanaka, Muriel Muller, and Shekhar Verma
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My Experiments With Truth -- the autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (or Mahatma Gandhi) covers his life from early childhood through to 1920, and is a popular and influential book. It was initiated at the insistence of Swami Anand and other close coworkers of Gandhi, in his mothertongue Gujarati entitled Satyana Prayogo athva Atmakatha.Mahatma Gandhi (1869--1948) was a charismatic leader who brought the case for India's independence to world attention. His philosophy of nonviolence, for which he coined the term satyagraha, has influenced nonviolent resistance movements to this day. For Gandhi, Truth was the sovereign principle; inclusive of many other spiritual principles and schools of thought.In this autobiography, Gandhi has recounted the period from his birth (1869) up to the year 1921. In the last chapter, he notes, "My life from this point onward has been so public that there is hardly anything about it that people do not know..."
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My experiments with truth: an autobiography
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Gandhi: an autobiography : the story of my experiments with truth
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The story of my experiments with truth: an autobiography
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Gandi chasŏjŏn: na ŭi chilli silhŏm iyagi
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Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. He feared the enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding of his quest for truth rooted in devotion to God. His attempts to get closer to this divine power led him to seek purity through simple living, dietary practices, celibacy, and a life without violence. This is not a straightforward narrative biography, in The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Gandhi offers his life story as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps.
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