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Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography he recounts the story of his life and how he developed his concept of active nonviolent resistance, which propelled the Indian struggle for independence and countless other nonviolent struggles of the twentieth century.

In a new foreword, noted peace expert and teacher Sissela Bok urges us to adopt Gandhi's "attitude of experimenting, of tesing what will and will not bear close scrutiny, what can and cannot be adapted to new circumstances,"in order to bring about change in our own lives and communities.

All royalties earned on this book are paid to the Navajivan Trust, founded by Gandhi, for use in carrying on his work.

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• Foreword(p. xi)
• Translator's Preface(p. xix)
• Introduction(p. xxiii)
• Part I
• Chapter I Birth and Parentage(p. 3)
• Chapter II Childhood(p. 6)
• Chapter III Child Marriage(p. 8)
• Chapter IV Playing the Husband(p. 11)
• Chapter V At the High School(p. 14)
• Chapter VI A Tragedy(p. 19)
• Chapter VII A Tragedy (Contd.)(p. 22)
• Chapter VIII Stealing and Atonement(p. 25)
• Chapter IX My Father's Death and My Double Shame(p. 28)
• Chapter X Glimpses of Religion(p. 31)
• Chapter XI Preparation for England(p. 35)
• Chapter XII Outcaste(p. 39)
• Chapter XIII In London at Last(p. 42)
• Chapter XIV My Choice(p. 45)
• Chapter XV Playing the English Gentleman(p. 48)
• Chapter XVI Changes(p. 52)
• Chapter XVII Experiments in Dietetics(p. 55)
• Chapter XVIII Shyness My Shield(p. 59)
• Chapter XIX The Canker of Untruth(p. 63)
• Chapter XX Acquaintance with Religions(p. 67)
• Chapter XXII Narayan Hemchandra(p. 72)
• Chapter XXIII The Great Exhibition(p. 76)
• Chapter XXIV 'Called'--But Then?(p. 78)
• Chapter XXV My Helplessness(p. 81)
• Part II
• Chapter I Raychandbhai(p. 87)
• Chapter II How I Began Life(p. 90)
• Chapter III The First Case(p. 93)
• Chapter IV The First Shock(p. 96)
• Chapter V Preparing for South Africa(p. 100)
• Chapter VI Arrival in Natal(p. 102)
• Chapter VII Some Experiences(p. 105)
• Chapter VIII On the Way to Pretoria(p. 109)
• Chapter IX More Hardships(p. 113)
• Chapter X First Day in Pretoria(p. 118)
• Chapter XI Christian Contacts(p. 122)
• Chapter XII Seeking Touch with Indians(p. 125)
• Chapter XIII What It Is to Be A 'Coolie'(p. 128)
• Chapter XIV Preparation for the Case(p. 131)
• Chapter XV Religious Ferment(p. 135)
• Chapter XVI Man Proposes, God Disposes(p. 138)
• Chapter XVII Settled in Natal(p. 141)
• Chapter XVIII Colour Bar(p. 145)
• Chapter XIX Natal Indian Congress(p. 148)
• Chapter XX Balasundaram(p. 153)
• Chapter XXI The [pound] 3 Tax(p. 155)
• Chapter XXII Comparative Study of Religions(p. 158)
• Chapter XXIII As a Householder(p. 162)
• Chapter XXIV Homeward(p. 165)
• Chapter XXV In India(p. 168)
• Chapter XXVI Two Passions(p. 172)
• Chapter XXVII The Bombay Meeting(p. 175)
• Chapter XXVIII Poona and Madras(p. 178)
• Chapter XXIX 'Return Soon'(p. 180)
• Part III
• Chapter I Rumblings of the Storm(p. 185)
• Chapter II The Storm(p. 188)
• Chapter III The Test(p. 191)
• Chapter IV The Calm After the Storm(p. 196)
• Chapter V Education of Children(p. 199)
• Chapter VI Spirit of Service(p. 202)
• Chapter VII Brahmacharya--I(p. 204)
• Chapter VIII Brahmacharya--II(p. 208)
• Chapter IX Simple Life(p. 212)
• Chapter X The Boer War(p. 214)
• Chapter XI Sanitary Reform and Famine Relief(p. 217)
• Chapter XII Return to India(p. 219)
• Chapter XIII In India Again(p. 222)
• Chapter XIV Clerk and Bearer(p. 225)
• Chapter XV In the Congress(p. 227)
• Chapter XVI Lord Curzon's Darbar(p. 229)
• Chapter XVII A Month with Gokhale--I(p. 231)
• Chapter XVIII A Month with Gokhale--II(p. 233)
• Chapter XIX A Month with Gokhale--III(p. 236)
• Chapter XX In Benares(p. 239)
• Chapter XXI Settled in Bombay?(p. 243)
• Chapter XXII Faith on Its Trial(p. 246)
• Chapter XXIII To South Africa Again(p. 249)
• Part IV
• Chapter I 'Love's Labour's Lost'?(p. 255)
• Chapter II Autocrats from Asia(p. 257)
• Chapter III Pocketed the Insult(p. 259)
• Chapter IV Quickened Spirit of Sacrifice(p. 262)
• Chapter V Result of Introspection(p. 264)
• Chapter VI A Sacrifice to Vegetarianism(p. 267)
• Chapter VII Experiments in Earth and Water Treatment(p. 269)
• Chapter VIII A Warning(p. 271)
• Chapter IX A Tussle with Power(p. 274)
• Chapter X A Sacred Recollection and Penance(p. 276)
• Chapter XI Intimate European Contacts(p. 279)
• Chapter XII European Contacts (Contd.)(p. 282)
• Chapter XIII 'Indian Opinion'(p. 285)
• Chapter XIV Coolie Locations or Ghettoes?(p. 287)
• Chapter XV The Black Plague--I(p. 290)
• Chapter XVI The Black Plague--II(p. 292)
• Chapter XVII Location in Flames(p. 295)
• Chapter XVIII The Magic Spell of a Book(p. 297)
• Chapter XIX The Phoenix Settlement(p. 300)
• Chapter XX The First Night(p. 302)
• Chapter XXI Polak Takes the Plunge(p. 304)
• Chapter XXII Whom God Protects(p. 306)
• Chapter XXIII A Peep into the Household(p. 310)
• Chapter XXIV The Zulu 'Rebellion'(p. 313)
• Chapter XXV Heart Searchings(p. 315)
• Chapter XXVI The Birth of Satyagraha(p. 318)
• Chapter XXVII More Experiments in Dietetics(p. 320)
• Chapter XXVIII Kasturbai's Courage(p. 322)
• Chapter XXIX Domestic Satyagraha(p. 325)
• Chapter XXX Towards Self-Restraint(p. 328)
• Chapter XXXI Fasting(p. 330)
• Chapter XXXII As Schoolmaster(p. 333)
• Chapter XXXIII Literary Training(p. 335)
• Chapter XXXIV Training of the Spirit(p. 338)
• Chapter XXXV Tares Among the Wheat(p. 340)
• Chapter XXXVI Fasting as Penance(p. 342)
• Chapter XXXVII To Meet Gokhale(p. 344)
• Chapter XXXVIII My Part in the War(p. 346)
• Chapter XXXIX A Spiritual Dilemma(p. 348)
• Chapter XL Miniature Satyagraha(p. 351)
• Chapter XLI Gokhale's Charity(p. 355)
• Chapter XLII Treatment of Pleurisy(p. 357)
• Chapter XLIII Homeward(p. 359)
• Chapter XLIV Some Reminiscences of the Bar(p. 361)
• Chapter XLV Sharp Practice?(p. 363)
• Chapter XLVI Clients Turned Co-Workers(p. 365)
• Chapter XLVII How a Client Was Saved(p. 367)
• Part V
• Chapter I The First Experience(p. 373)
• Chapter II With Gokhale in Poona(p. 375)
• Chapter III Was it a Threat?(p. 377)
• Chapter IV Shantiniketan(p. 380)
• Chapter V Woes of Third Class Passengers(p. 383)
• Chapter VI Wooing(p. 385)
• Chapter VII Kumbha Mela(p. 387)
• Chapter VIII Lakshman Jhula(p. 391)
• Chapter IX Founding of the Ashram(p. 395)
• Chapter X On the Anvil(p. 397)
• Chapter XI Abolition of Indentured Emigration(p. 400)
• Chapter XII The Stain of Indigo(p. 404)
• Chapter XIII The Gentle Bihari(p. 406)
• Chapter XIV Face to Face with Ahimsa(p. 409)
• Chapter XV Case Withdrawn(p. 413)
• Chapter XVI Methods of Work(p. 416)
• Chapter XVII Companions(p. 419)
• Chapter XVIII Penetrating the Villages(p. 422)
• Chapter XIX When a Governor is Good(p. 424)
• Chapter XX In Touch with Labour(p. 426)
• Chapter XXI A Peep into the Ashram(p. 428)
• Chapter XXII The Fast(p. 430)
• Chapter XXIII The Kheda Satyagraha(p. 434)
• Chapter XXIV 'The Onion Thief'(p. 436)
• Chapter XXV End of Kheda Satyagraha(p. 439)
• Chapter XXVI Passion for Unity(p. 441)
• Chapter XXVII Recruiting Campaign(p. 444)
• Chapter XXVIII Near Death's Door(p. 450)
• Chapter XXIX The Rowlatt Bills and My Dilemma(p. 454)
• Chapter XXX That Wonderful Spectacle!(p. 457)
• Chapter XXXI That Memorable Week!--I(p. 460)
• Chapter XXXII That Memorable Week!--II(p. 466)
• Chapter XXXIII 'A Himalayan Miscalculation'(p. 469)
• Chapter XXXIV 'Navajivan' and 'Young India'(p. 471)
• Chapter XXXV In the Punjab(p. 475)
• Chapter XXXVI The Khilafat Against Cow Protection?(p. 478)
• Chapter XXXVII The Amritsar Congress(p. 482)
• Chapter XXXVIII Congress Initiation(p. 486)
• Chapter XXXIX The Birth of Khadi(p. 489)
• Chapter XL Found at Last!(p. 491)
• Chapter XLI An Instructive Dialogue(p. 494)
• Chapter XLII Its Rising Tide(p. 497)
• Chapter XLIII At Nagpur(p. 500)
• Farewell(p. 503)
• Index(p. 506)

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Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) was a lawyer and the prominent figure behind India's push for independence from British rule. He followed the philosophies of pacifism, believing in the importance of the nonviolent approach to protesting. He documented his influential life in An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth.

Born and raised in Western India to a Hindu family, Gandhi received barrister training in London. He first experienced institutional racial discrimination in South Africa, which spurred him to his first actions in leading group-based nonviolent civil disobedience. He later returned to India and led protests against British colonialism, excessive taxation, and racial discrimination.

Known as 'the Father of the Nation," Gandhi was instrumental in the fight for religious pluralism and Indian independence. He was assassinated in 1948.