Gandhian Thoughts

Sarla Publications Private Limited
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1. EARLY LIFE ……………………………………………………………… 1-27

Education

Life as an English Gentleman

Birth of a Leader

Gandhi’s Arrival in India

Transvaal Condition

Influence of John Ruskin Writing

Gandhi’s vows to Brahmacharaya

Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance

The First Satyagraha and its Success

Gokhale’s visit and Withdrawal of Black Act

2. GANDHI’S ARRIVAL IN INDIA ………………………………… 28-4

Satyagraha Ashram, Ahmedabad

First Satyagraha experiment in India

War Conference

Jallianwalla Bagh

Calling Civil Disobedience a Himalayan Blunder

Boycott of Hunter Committee

Gandhi’s Leadership

Gandhi’s Fast

3. VARIOUS MOVEMENTS ………………………………………… 43-54

Gandhi as a Mass Leader

Diminishing Popularity of Gandhiji

All Parties Conference

Nehru Report

Civil Disobedience

Eleven Points

4. SECOND PHASE OF MOVEMENTS ……………………… 55-73

Dandi March

The Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Poona Pact

Retirement From Congress

Difference over World War-II

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5. GANDHI’S LEADERSHIP ……………………………………….. 74-90

‘Do or Die’ Mantra

The Cabinet Mission

Rajaji Formula

Simla Conference

Interim Government Formula

Politician to Saint

Partition Plan

6. TOWARDS FREEDOM ……………………………………………. 91-94

Independence

Gandhi’s Helplessness

7. GANDHI’S SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY ………………………. 95-111

Love for Truth

What is Truth?

Non-Violence means Love

Travesty of Non-Violence

Critique of Violence

The Ends and the Means

Faith in Moksha

Gandhi’s Sarvodaya

Concept of Trusteeship

Varna Dharma Concept

8. GANDHI’S IDEAS OF A

PLANNED SOCIETY …………………………………………… 112-117

Village Reconstruction

Eradication of Untouchability

Gandhi’s Moral Philosophy

Swadeshi and Swarajya

Sarvodaya

9. NON-VIOLENCE …………………………………………………. 118-125

Non-Violence in Economic, Political and Social Fields

Gandhi and Force

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10. GANDHI AND SOCIALISM …………………………………. 126-130

Gandhian Socialism

Sarvodaya Samaj

Gandhi the Utopian

Gandhian Socialism Vs World Socialism

11. GANDHIAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION …….. 131-139

Gandhi’s Ideas on Education

Craft- Centred Education

Gandhi’s Aims of Education

Message to Students

Gandhi’s Programme of Education

12. GANDHI’S PHILOSOPHY OF SATYAGRAHA ……. 140-152

Gandhi’s Experiments: The Salt Satyagraha

Faith in Truth

Qualities of A Satyagrahi

Satyagraha: A Weapon to Counter Evil

Satyagraha is not Cowardice

Strength of Satyagraha

Satyagraha Principle

Dictates of God

13. RELIGION AND POLITICS…………………………………. 153-157

No Religious Movements without Politics

Purity in Politics is Essential

Politics is for the liberation of the Country

Moral Courage is essential in Politics

Secrecy has no Place in Politics

14. THE ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY OF GANDHI …… 158-161

Background of Gandhian Economic Thought

The Economic Structure of Gandhian State

15. THEORY OF TRUSTEESHIP ………………………………. 162-164

Non-Possession and Non-Stealing

Bread Labour

Gandhi on Decentralisation of Industries

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16. GANDHI ON FAMILY PLANNING ……………………… 165-167

Late Marriages

Brahmacharya

Ashram Vyavastha

17. GANDHI AND MARX AS

POLITICAL PHILOSPHERS ……………………………….. 168-173

Gandhi was a Philosohical Anarchist

Gandhi as a Moralist

18. ENDS AND MEANS ……………………………………………… 174-180

Inner Values Strength

Did Gandhi fail

Gandhi as a Law-abiding Citizen

Truth and Non-Violence

Second Best State

Gandhian Swaraj

19. IDEAL STATE ………………………………………………………. 181-184

Supporter of Universal Franchise

Emphasis on Duties

Gandhi and Hinduism

Right and Duty

Gandhi’s Love for Hinduism

Gandhi’s Doctrine of Self-Reliance

20. SPIRITUAL INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY…… 185-191

Importance of Religion

Voluntary Suffering

Inner Voice

God both Law and Law Giver

God is Perfection

God and Evil

Uncontrollable Optimision

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS………………192-20

1. EARLY LIFE ……………………………………………………………… 1-27 Education Life as an English Gentleman Birth of a Leader Gandhi’s Arrival in India Transvaal Condition Influence of John Ruskin Writing Gandhi’s vows to Brahmacharaya Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance The First Satyagraha and its Success Gokhale’s visit a...

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