000			01281nam a22001817a 4500
020			_a9780670083879
082			_a954 _bGUH/G
100			_aGuha Ramachandra
245			_aGandhi before India
260			_aNew Delhi _bPenguin Books _c2013
300			_a673p.
500			_aIncludes index
520			_aIn 1893, when Mohandas Gandhi set sail for South Africa, he was a briefless lawyer who had failed to establish himself in India. In this remarkable biography, Ramachandra Guha argues that the two decades that Gandhi spent in the diaspora were the making of the Mahatma. It was here that he forged the philosophy and techniques that would ultimately destroy the British Empire. Based on archival research in four continents, this book explores Gandhi’s experiments with dissident cults, his friendships and enmities, and his failures as a husband and father. Gandhi Before India tells the dramatic story of how he mobilized a cross-class and inter-religious coalition, pledged to non-violence in their battle against a racist regime. Deeply researched and beautifully written, this book will radically alter our understanding and appreciation of modern India’s greatest man.
650			_aHistory _zIndia
650			_aIndia _vHistory
650			_aGandhi
942			_cBK
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