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Who wrote gandhi's autobiography

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Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhi's autobiography, which he had titled 'My experiments with Truth' can be rated as one of the most popular and the most influential books in the recent history. It was written at the instance of Swami Anand. It appeared in the Weekly 'Navjivan' during 1925-28. It covers Gandhi's life up to 1920. He did not cover the period after that as it was well known to the people and most of the concerned persons were alive. Besides he felt that his experiments in that period were yet to yield definite conclusions.

Gandhi's autobiography is very different from other autobiographies. The autobiographies normally contain self-praise by the authors. They want to criticize their opponents and boost their own image in the people's eyes. Gandhi's autobiography is completely free from all this. It is marked with humility and truthfulness. He had not hidden anything. In fact, he is rather too harsh on himself. He did not want to show to the world how good he was. He only wanted to tell the people the story of his experiments with Truth, for Gandhi, was the supreme principle, w

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Mahatma Gandhi

Indian independence activist (1869–1948)

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi^[c] (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948)^[2] was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (from Sanskrit, meaning great-souled, or venerable), first applied to him in South Africa in 1914, is now used throughout the world.^[3]

Born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat, Gandhi trained in the law at the Inner Temple in London and was called to the bar at the age of 22. After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice, Gandhi moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit. He went on to live in South Africa for 21 years. Here, Gandhi raised a family and first employed no

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30. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: [An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth]

Malinar, Angelika. "30. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: [An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth]". Handbook of Autobiography / Autofiction, edited by Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2019, pp. 1703-1718. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110279818-141

Malinar, A. (2019). 30. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: [An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth]. In M. Wagner-Egelhaaf (Ed.), Handbook of Autobiography / Autofiction (pp. 1703-1718). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110279818-141

Malinar, A. 2019. 30. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: [An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth]. In: Wagner-Egelhaaf, M. ed. Handbook of Autobiography / Autofiction. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 1703-1718. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110279818-141

Malinar, Angelika. "30. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: [An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth]" In Handbook of Autobiography / Autofiction edited by Martina