by Mahatma Gandhi (1927)
The autobiography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It recounts his experiments with satyagraha (non-violent resistance), vegetarianism, brahmacharya, and his spiritual and political evolution fighting for human rights in South Africa and independence in India.
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi central political manifesto, Hind Swaraj (Indian Home Rule), written in 1909. In it, Gandhi critiques modern Western civilization, lays out the doctrine of satyagraha, and articulates a vision for decentralized, self-reliant human communities.
Ramachandra Guha
The masterly second volume of Guha landmark biography follows Gandhi from his return to India in 1915 to his assassination in 1948, chronicling the Salt March, Quit India, partition, and the moral struggles of the Indian independence movement.
Louis Fischer
The monumental, globally acclaimed biography of Mahatma Gandhi by American journalist Louis Fischer, which served as the primary basis for Richard Attenborough Academy Award-winning film Gandhi.
Ramachandra Guha
The first volume of Ramachandra Guha definitive two-part biography tracing Mohandas Gandhi from his humble childhood in Gujarat through his formative decades as a lawyer and activist in South Africa, where he invented satyagraha.