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While Gandhiji was in jail his wife Kasturbai passed away. This period in prison was of bereavement for Gandhiji. At the end of 3 days both the parties agreed on arbitration. Cambridge, Mass.:  Harvard UP, 1973.

Iyer, Raghavan. University of Notre Dame Press, 1983.

Dalton, Dennis. Gandhiji organised the Indian community in South Africa and asked them to forget all distinctions of religion and caste.

Destiny gave another cruel blow to Gandhiji, when Kasturbai, his wife and companion for 62 years, died on 22 February 1944.

Gandhiji was released from prison as his health was on decline. New York:  St. Martin’s Press; London:  Macmillan, 1998.

Juergensmeyer, Mark. Among thousands of scholarly monographs on Gandhi, the following may be consulted with some profit and pleasure — some are available in newer editions or reprints, even if not mentioned below:

Alter, Joseph S.  Gandhi’s Body:  Sex, Diet, and the Politics of Nationalism.

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Nanda, B. R.  Gandhi and His Critics. Unfortunately, political developments had moved favouring the partition of the country resulting in communal riots on a frightful scale. An offer from Dada Abdulla & Company to go to South Africa to instruct their consul in a law suit opened up a new chapter in his life. On 15 August 1947, when India became independent, free from the British rule, Gandhiji fasted and prayed in Calcutta.

On 30th January 1948, Gandhiji, on his way to the prayer meeting at Birla House, New Delhi, fell to the bullets fired by Nathuram Vinayak Godse.

As observed by Louis Fischer, “Millions in all countries mourned Gandhi’s death as a personal loss.

He asked the Indians to boycott foreign cloth and promote hand spun khadi thus creating work for the villagers.

           After the outbreak of Second World War in 1939, Gandhiji again became active in the political arena. He passed his examinations and was called to Bar on June 10, 1891.

Mahatma Gandhi:  Nonviolent Power in Action. Bombay, 1946; reprint, Delhi, 1990. Gandhi’s Political Philosophy:  A Critical Examination. When the train reached Pietermaritzburg, the capital of Natal, at about 9 p.m. In the course of his struggle in South Africa, Gandhiji, developed the concepts of Ahimsa (non-violence) and Satyagraha (holding fast to truth or firmness in a righteous cause).

Champaran and Gandhi:  Planters, Peasants and Gandhian Politics.