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100			_aPayne, Robert
245			_aThe life and death of Mahatma Gandhi
260			_bRupa, _c1969 _aNew Delhi :
300			_a703 p. ; _bill., _c23 cm.
365			_b595.00 _c₹ _d01
504			_aInclude Bibliography Reference and index.
520			_aThis is the heroic story of the man whose non-violent movement transformed India both spiritually and politically as it impelled the nation along the road to independence. With consummate skill, in a narration that never flags in vividness and drama, Robert Payne re-creates Mahatma Gandhi both as a spiritual and historical force and as a living personality. Beginning with the moving story of a shy, awkward boy from a provincial Indian city who married at thirteen, then was separated from his bride for years while he read law in London, the book describe Gandhi's life as a successful barrister in South Africa who turned his back on wealth to defend Indian settlers against discrimination and persecution. In the tradition of his best-selling biographies of Lenin and Schweitzer, Robert Payne's life brings Gandhi alive as a rounded personality. Payne superbly describes Gandhi's daring marches to aid the oppressed, his fasts and imprisonments, his historic achievements at international congresses and conferences in India and England where, clad only in shawl and loincloth, he met with prime ministers and viceroys and won their respect as he fought for the dignity and freedom of his people.
650			_aBiography and Memoir
650			_aHistory
650			_aIndia Politics and Government 1919-1947
650			_aSocial Justice India
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