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The Life and Death of Mahatma Gandhi (The Robert Payne Library)

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by Robert Payne


  Emerson, Mr., Viceroy’s secretary, 405

  Emerson, Ralph Walao, 194

  Escombe, Harry

  and Gandhi, 101, 112, 113, 116

  Esoteric Christian Union, 105

  Essays (Bacon), 177

  Ethics of Diet, The (Williams), 65

  Faust (Goethe), 431

  Fischer, Abraham, Gandhi’s telegram to, 261-262

  Fischer, Louis, and Gandhi, 494

  Five Nations, The (Kipling), 371

  Fors Clavigera (Rusk in), 434

  Fourth Seal, The (Hoare), 619

  France, fall of, 488

  Free Hindustan, 213-214

  French Revolution, The (Carlyle), 194

  Gabb, Miss, 98

  Gaekwar of Baroda, and Margaret Sanger, 464

  Gait, Sir Edward, Lieutenant Governor of Bihar and Orissa, 311

  and Gandhi, 318-319

  Gandhi, Abhabehn, grandniece, 530

  with Gandhi in Calcutta, 539

  with Gandhi in Delhi, 549

  and Gandhi, 588, 589

  at Gandhi’s death, 593

  attends Gandhi, 634

  Gandhi, Devadas, son, 241, 330, 381, 382, 418, 508

  at Phoenix Farm, 150

  at London Conference, 407

  with Gandhi in London, 413

  meeting with Gandhi in prison, 443

  with Gandhi at Lady Thackersay’s house, 450

  marries Lakshmi Rajagopalachari, 454

  on Harilal, 469

  as managing editor of Hindustan Times, 469

  in Poona, 501

  and Kasturbhai, 502, 503, 504, 505

  and Gandhi before fast, 556

  letter to Gandhi, 580

  at Gandhi’s funeral, 596, 598, 599

  and Harilal, 599

  Gandhi, Gulab (Mrs. Harilal Gandhi), 185-186, 187, 188

  and Gandhi, 242

  death of, 246, 330

  Gandhi, Harilal, son, 50, 127, 271, 330

  birth of, 48

  in Durban, 116, 118

  at Phoenix Farm, 149

  relations with Gandhi, 185-189

  arrests of, 185, 242-243, 358

  imprisoned, 186-188

  revolt of, 241-246

  and Gandhi, 269, 291, 322, 438, 468-476 passim

  in prison, 468

  and Satyagraha movement, 468

  return of, 468-476

  crimes of, 469

  and Kasturbhai, 501-502

  in Poona, 501, 502

  Gandhi letter to, 526

  at Gandhi’s funeral, 599

  and Devadas, 599

  death of, 599

  Gandhi, Indira (daughter of Nehru), and Gandhi, 567, 577, 578

  Gandhi, jaysukhal Amrital, 500

  Gandhi, Kanti, son of Harilal, 329, 409

  Gandhi, Karamchand, father of Gandhi, Dewan of Porbandar, 19-43, 26, 49, 51

  children of, 25

  as Kabhari of Rajkot, 27-28

  as Dewan of Rajkot, 30

  and Mohandas, 39-40, 41-44

  death of, 42, 43, 44

  Gandhi, Karsandas, brother of Gandhi, 45, 35, 37, 39

  death of, 270

  Gandhi, Kasturbai, wife of Gandhi, 52, 108, 111, 138, 158, 185

  marriage of, 35-36

  bears first child, 42

  gives birth to Harilal, 48

  jewels sold for Gandhi’s education, 50

  relationship with Mohandas, 82

  in Durban, 113

  on Gandhi in Durban, 115-119

  opposes Gandhi,. 117-118

  leaves South Africa for India, 125, 126

  gives up jewels to Natal Congress, 126

  at Phoenix Farm, 150

  accepts Gandhi’s renunciation of sex, 160

  illness of, 192-193

  and Gandhi, 244-245, 279, 349, 431-434,457

  as Satyagrahi, 258

  illnesses of, 268, 271, 274, 279, 280

  leaves South Africa, 272-273

  in London, 277, 278

  rebels against Gandhi, 294

  sees Gandhi in prison, 444

  and Gandhi in prison, 446

  released from Sabarmati Jail, 450

  nurses Gandhi, 451

  letter to Harilal, 470-471

  letter to Harilal’s Muslim friends, 474

  and Harilal, 475-476

  on death of Mahadev Desai, 496, 498

  evaluation of, 497-504

  in prison, 497-504

  last illness of, 500-504

  death of, 504

  cremation of, 504-505

  Gandhi, Lal, forebear of Gandhi, 20-21

  Gandhi, Laxmidas, brother, 27, 35, 43, 44, 137, 185

  birth of, 25

  and Gandhi, 51, 52, 53, 77-78, 81, 82, 83, 84-85, 86, 271

  and Prince Bhavsingh, 84

  death of, 270

  Gandhi, Maganlal, cousin, 164

  Gandhi, Manilal, son, 241, 330

  in Durban, 116, 118

  illness of, 137-138

  at Phoenix Farm, 150

  and Gandhi, 195

  arrested at Dharasana, 397

  in South Africa, 501, 596

  Gandhi, Manu, daughter of Harilal, 329, 469

  Gandhi, Manubehn, grandniece, 530, 531, 634

  and Kasturbhai, 499, 500

  and Gandhi, 499-500, 521-525, 527, 573-574, 579, 583

  with Gandhi in Calcutta, 535, 537, 539

  with Gandhi in Delhi, 549

  relationship with Gandhi, 554-555

  attends Gandhi, 564, 584, 585, 586, 588, 589, 590

  with Gandhi, 570

  at Gandhi’s death, 593

  at Gandhi’s funeral, 598

  Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand

  birth of, and childhood, 19-30

  on his family, 20

  religious background, 23-24

  apocryphal stories of, 28

  appearance, 28-29, 43, 68

  as schoolboy, 31-45

  on caste, 34

  weds Kasturbhai Makanji, 35-36

  on child marriage, 36-37

  and sex, 36, 30, 42, 75, 268-269, 437, 461-466

  and Sheikh Mehtab, 37-40, 49

  and meat-eating, 38

  and ahimsa, 40

  on learning English, 40-41

  and father’s death, 42

  manhood, 43-53

  at Samaldas College, 45, 48

  birth of Harilal, 48

  prepares for study in London, 48-52

  first trip to London, 53-57

  studies for bar in London, 61-76

  his reading, 64, 65, 81, 97, 105, 145-146, 177, 192, 371-372, 434, 522

  as English gentleman in London, 69-76

  passes London Matriculation examination, 71

  writes articles for The Vegetarian, 74, 76

  and chastity, 75

  in Paris, 75

  passes bar examination, 76

  returns to India, 76-78

  and Rajchandra, 79-81

  in India as barrister-at-law, 81-86

  and Tolstoy, 81, 213-214, 217-218, 236-240

  first court case in India, 83

  as lawyer in Bombay, 83

  in South Africa as agent of Abdul Karim Jhaveri, 89-104

  in Zanzibar, 89-90

  trip to Pretoria, 91-98

  speeches of, 99, 109-111, 296-300, 419, 422-424

  fights Indian disenfranchisement, 100- 104

  becomes advocate in Supreme Court of Natal, 103

  activities in South Africa, 105-127

  goes to India, 108

  takes family to South Africa, 111

  opposed and attacked in Durban, 111-114

  opposes Natal government, 112-116

  in Durban with family, 115-119

  as lawyer and teacher, 116, 118

  activities during Boer War, 119-123

  on the British soldier, 121

  on war, 121-122

  on death of Rajchandra, 124-125

  leaves South Africa for India, 1
25-127

  and non-violence (ahimsa), 125, 161

  returns to India, attends Indian National Congress, 131-134

  travels in India, 134-136, 288-289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 320, 455, 456, 530-532

  and Mrs. Annie Besant, 136

  as Bombay lawyer, 136-138

  as physician, 137-138

  returns to Durban, 139

  fights for Indians’ rights in South Africa, 140-151

  during plague in Johannesburg, 143-144

  as head of newspaper Indian Opinion, 144

  founds Phoenix Farm, South Africa, 148-151

  as lawyer in Johannesburg, 149, 150

  as sergeant major during Zulu rebellion, 1151-158

  on Zulu rebellion, 154-155

  on wan 155

  renounces sex, 158-160

  returns to Johannesburg, 161

  and brahmacharya, 161, 381, 383, 437, 462, 464, 528-530

  opposes “Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance,” 161-169

  on passive resistance (ahimsa), 163-104

  coins term Satyagraha, 164

  goes to England in behalf of Indians, 164-168

  on the Englishman, 165

  and Churchill, 168, 403, 404, 503, 510

  and first Satyagraha campaign, 171-181

  and Ram Sundara Pandit, 173-175

  arrests of, 175-179, 190-194, 310, 360, 396, 399-400, 433

  on death, 180, 271

  continues Satyagraha campaign, 182-195

  and General Smuts, 184, 188, 190, 260, 268, 271-272

  relations with Harilal Gandhi, 185-189, 241-246, 377-378, 468-476 passim

  urges burning of registration certificates, 189-190

  letter to Kasturbhai, 192-193

  third visit to England, 195, 199-219

  on Madanlal Dhingra, 203

  dislike of modem industrialism, 210-211

  and Confession of Faith, 1909, 215-216

  writes Hind Swaraj, 220-225

  returns to Cape Town, 229

  and Ratan Jamshed Tata, 229-230

  authoritarianism of, 232, 294

  as physician, 252

  detained at Delagoa Bay, 254-256

  on Indians, 255-256

  and Gokhale, 257

  pits Satyagrahis against South African Supreme Court ruling on marriages, 259-273

  arrested in Transvaal, 261, 262

  in Bloemfontein Jail, 263-265

  released from Bloemfontein Jail, 265

  on himself, 269

  leaves South Africa, 272-273

  in London in 1914, 276-286

  and Indian Ambulance Corps, 278-279, 280, 281, 282

  and diets, 279-280

  illnesses of, 280-281, 328-329, 348, 372, 380, 464, 505, 562

  returns to India with Kasturbhai, 282-283

  on return to India, 287-288

  and Tagore, 290, 350-353, 433, 441, 442, 449

  in Hardwar, Delhi, Madras, and Ahmedabad, 292-293

  founds Ashram in Ahmedabad, 293-294

  and Nehru, 300, 403, 440, 454, 514, 54 8, 552, 559, 560, 561, 572, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 599, 602, 602, 604

  aids indigo workers of Champaran, 304-319 in Calcutta, 305

  in Patna, 305-306

  on Rajkumar Shukla, 306

  in Muzaffarpur, 308-309

  letter to Heycock, 317

  and Khadi (homespun) movement, 321

  and Mahadev Desai, 321-322, 331, 407, 412-413, 414, 435-445 passim, 450-451, 489-490, 496, 498, 505

  and Kheda disturbances, 322, 325-346, 327

  aids millhands on strike in Ahmedabad, 323-344

  fests of, 344-345, 357-358, 374, 378, 435, 439, 440-446, 450-451, 454, 457-458, 543-545, 555-556

  and Lord Chelmsford, 326-327

  poem for Rasiklal Gandhi, son of Harilal, 349

  against Rowlatt bills, 331

  concept of fast, 331-332

  leads hartal in Bombay, 334-333

  reaction to Amritsar massacre, 341-342

  launches one-man Satyagraha campaign, 344-343

  in Amritsar, 344

  as witness at Disorders Inquiry Committee, 344-345

  and Khilafat movement, 346-348

  and Shaukat Ali, 348

  launches non-cooperation movement, 349-350

  envisions swaraj, 350, 352, 353, 354

  and Rabindranath Tagore, 350-353

  meetings with Lora Reading, 353- 354

  use of symbols, 354-356

  decision to wear loincloth, 355-356

  and rioting in Bombay, 356-357

  ultimatum to Viceroy, 358-359

  and massacre of Chauri Chaura, 359-360

  “great trial” of, in Ahmedabad, 361-368

  in Yeravda Jail, 368-372, 401, 434-447, 448-450, 453 convalescence of, 373-374

  on art, 374

  and spinning wheel, 376

  autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, 376-377

  and ahimsa, 381-382

  announces Declaration of Independence, 383-384

  letters to Lord Irwin, 384-385, 395-396

  and the Salt March, 384-398

  and Lord Irwin, 403-405

  authorized to attend Round Table Conference in London, 406

  at London Round Table Conference, 407-415

  typical day from diary of, 412

  and Charlie Chaplin, 414-415

  at Cambridge and Eton, 416

  talks to Lancashire millhands, 416

  on League of Nations, 423

  and Pope Pius XI, 425

  in Italy, 425-428

  and Mussolini, 425-426, 428, 486

  and Lord Willingdon, 431, 432-433

  letter to Sir Samuel Hoare on harijans, 435

  on harijans, 435, 439, 440, 442, 443, 446

  on birth control, 437

  and Sabarmati ashram, 437-438

  authoritarianism of, 438

  letters to Harilal, 438

  and mystical experience, 449

  notes to Mirabehn, 450, 451, 452

  released from jail, 450

  disbands Sabarmati ashram, 453

  and Indian Congress, 454,458

  removed to the Sassoon Hospital, 455

  in Wardha, 455

  on Bihar earthquake, 456

  on Rabindranath Tagore, 456

  attempt on his life, 457

  appearance in 1935, 458-459

  meeting with Margaret Sanger, 460- 464

  on birth control, 461-466

  articles in Harijan, 464-465

  at Indian National Congress meeting at Lucknow, 466

  at Sevagram, 467, 481

  letter in Harijan to Muslims, 472-474

  and Satyagrana, 477-482

  and Paderewski, 478

  and World War II, 478

 

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