The Life of Mahatma Gandhi

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Part 1: The end and the beginning Death before prayers -- The beginnings of an extraordinary man -- "M.K. Gandi. Attorny-at-law -- Gandhi and the Gita -- Indian interlude -- Toward greatness -- A mob scene -- Gandhi goes to war -- The transformation begins -- September 11, 1906 -- Gandhi goes to jail -- Letter to a son -- Tolstoy and Gandhi -- The shape of things to come -- The victory -- Part 2: Gandhi in India, January 9, 1915-March 23, 1946 -- Home in India -- "Sit down, Gandi" -- "Children of God" -- Indigo -- First fast -- Goats milk -- The history of British rule in India -- Murder -- Gandhi enters politics -- Gandhi's families -- Operation and fast -- Funds and jewels -- The "Silent" year -- Collapse -- Prologue -- Drama at the seashore -- Parleys with the rebel -- On the way home -- Climax -- Without politics -- Descent into war -- Winston S. Churchil versus Mohandas K. Gandhi -- My week with Gandhi -- Will power -- Jinnah and Gandhi -- Part 3: The birth of two nations, March 23, 1946-January 30, 1948 -- On the eve of independence -- India in suspense -- Gandhi revisited -- Pilgrim's progress -- Asia's message to the west -- Tragic victory -- Gandhi hoes his garden -- The future of India -- The last fast -- the last act A Note to the Reader (Sources & Bibliography) Index