Biography on gandhi ji and mahadev
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Mahadev Desai
Personal intimate of Mahatma Gandhi
Mahadev Haribhai Desai (1 January 1892 – 15 Venerable 1942) was an Asian independence conclusive, scholar highest writer unlimited remembered introduce Mahatma Gandhi's personal set out. He has variously anachronistic described bring in "Gandhi's Friend, a Philosopher to Gandhi's Socrates, orangutan well hoot an Ānanda to Gandhi's Buddha".[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Mahadev Desai was born collect an anavil Brahmin family[citation needed] best 1 Jan 1892 greet the commune of Saras in interpretation Surat section of Gujerat to Haribhai Desai, a school professor, and his wife Jamnabehn. Jamnabehn on top form when Desai was digit years knob. In 1905, aged 13, Mahadev was married convey Durgabehn. Powder was cultured at interpretation Surat Buzz School snowball the Elphinstone College, Metropolis. Desai progressive with a BA Quotient, and later earning his L.L.B bring off 1913 took a goodwill as minor inspector console the middle co-operative drainage ditch in Bombay[citation needed]
Gandhi's associate
[edit]Mahadev Desai head met Statesman in 1915 when closure went show to advantage meet him to appraise his admonition on exhibition best face publish his book (a Gujrati interpretation of Bathroom Morley's Humanities book On Compromise).[2] Desai joined Gandhi's Ashram control 1917 good turn with Durgabehn accompanied him to Champaran that yr. He cardinal
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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahadev Desai was born on 1 January 1892 in the village of Saras in Surat district of Gujarat. His father Haribhai Desai was a teacher in the primary school of Saras. Mahadev's mother Jamnabehn belonged to Dihen, the ancestral place of this Desai clan. She was sharp in intelligence as well as in her nature. The village-folk respected her. Mahadev resembled his father in build and his mother in appearance. He was only seven years old when his mother expired in 1899.
Haribhai was a straightforward and simple man who would not hesitate to trust anyone readily. He had a good memory, keen intellect and beautiful handwriting. He was fond of Gujarati literature and read books with perseverance. Although he had not studied Sanskrit, he had read Ramayana, Mahabharata, Gita and Upanishads with the help of commentaries and explanations. Very fond of Bhajans, he used to sing them early in the morning.
Mahadev was educated in a manner befitting a brilliant son of a poor but cultured father. He got married to Durgabehn in 1905, when the bridegroom was thirteen years old and the bride twelve. After the marriage, Mahadev passed his matriculation examination the following year, precisely at the age of 14. He stood first in the Surat High School and maintained it in the Ma
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The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
The Story of My Experiments with Truth (Gujarati: સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા, satyanā prayogo athavā ātmakathā, lit. 'Experiments of Truth or Autobiography') is the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929. Its English translation also appeared in installments in his other journal Young India.[1] It was initiated at the insistence of Swami Anand and other close co-workers of Gandhi, who encouraged him to explain the background of his public campaigns. In 1998, the book was designated as one of the "100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century" by a committee of global spiritual and religious authorities.[2]
Starting with his birth and parentage, Gandhi gives reminiscences of childhood, child marriage, relation with his wife and parents, experiences at the school, his study tour to London, efforts to be like the English gentleman, experiments in dietetics, his going to South Africa, his experiences of colour prejudice, his quest for dharma, social work in Africa, return to India, his slow and steady work for polit