Mahatma Gandhi – The Last 200 Days: From The Pages Of The Hindu ( V. Ramamurthy, 12th Reprint, 2018)

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This used English language book, “Mahatma Gandhi: The Last 200 Days,” draws from the archives of The Hindu to provide a unique perspective on the final months of Mahatma Gandhi’s life. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, born in Porbander, India, and trained as a barrister in London, was a champion of minority rights in South Africa, a astute politician, a social reformer, and a dedicated seeker of truth. He was an exceptional speaker, writer, and soldier in India’s fight for independence. In 1947, he was in his 78th year, with his 79th birthday approaching on October 2nd. Gandhi had anticipated living to 125. His life was filled with intense events, constant effort, struggle, and self-denial. He maintained his health through a regimen of diet, exercise, meditation, religious devotion, and nature-cure methods. His vitality and energy were remarkable for his age, a testament to his rigorous self-discipline. As India neared freedom but faced the division into India and Pakistan, Gandhi’s zest for life appeared to diminish. The outbreak of communal violence, fueled by the prospect of Partition, led him to tirelessly work to contain the unrest, often disregarding his own safety. While he continued to think, pray, write, travel, and speak, appealing to the conscience of his countrymen, a sense of resignation began to permeate his thoughts. He occasionally expressed horror at the thought of living longer to witness more unfolding human tragedies. The narrative of the final 200 days of this great apostle’s life is imbued with drama. These days represented what few recognized at the time as the swan song of a significant life of our era. This diary of events begins on July 15, 1947. With only one month remaining until India achieved the freedom for which he had long campaigned, 200 days were left in the life of the man born Mohandas Karamchand in 1869 in the Kathiawad region of British India. At that time, the nation was under the rule of Empress Queen Victoria, a reign that was drawing to a close in July 1947.

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