Mahatma Gandhi's Ideology

[acharya]

Indian Home Rule
or
Hind Swaraj
Mohandas K. Gandhi
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Original editor & publisher (1938):
Jitendra T. Desai
Navajivan Publishing House
(Navajivan Mudranalaya)
Ahmedabad 380014
India
Translation of “Hind Swaraj”,
published in the Gujarat columns of Indian Opinion.
11th and 18th December, 1909
ISBN 81-7229-070-5
Published by Yann FORGET
on 20th July 2003, with L
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c Navajivan Trust, 1938
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Contents
I Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule
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To the reader
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Preface to the new edition
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An Important Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7
The Attack on Machinery and Civilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Limitations of the Doctrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Preface
13
A Word of Explanation
15
A Message
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I.
The Congress and its Officials
19
II.
The Partition of Bengal
22
III.
Discontent and unrest
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IV.
What is swaraj?
25
V.
The condition of England
27
VI.
Civilization
29
VII.
Why was India lost?
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VIII. The condition of India
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IX.
The condition of India: Railways
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X.
The condition of India: The Hindus and the Mahomedans
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XI.
The condition of India: Lawyers
41
XII.
The condition of India: Doctors
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XIII. What is true civilization?
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XIV.
How can India become free?
47
XV.
Italy and India
49
XVI. Brute force
51
XVII. Passive resistance
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XVIII. Education
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XIX. Machinery
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XX.
Conclusion
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II Appendices
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I.
Some Authorithies
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II.
Testimonies by eminent


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Victor Cousin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
J. Seymour Keay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Friedrich Max Mueller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Michael G. Mulhall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Colonel Thomas Munro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Frederick von Schlegel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sir William Wedderburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
I. Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Abbe J. A. Dubois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74