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Gandhi's Travels in Tamil Nadu
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- Book Synopsis
- Gandhi's Travels in Tamil Nadu highlights the deep and abiding connection and friendship Gandhi had with Tamil Nadu and its people, from the time that he, as a young lawyer, led the struggle of Indian contractual labourers, many of them Tamilians, against the colonial government in South Africa, to when he returned to India to lead the Congress and the freedom movement. It covers the period from his very first visit to (what was then) Madras State/Province in 1896, to his last visit to the state in 1946, a year before Independence. Painstakingly retracing Gandhi's footsteps in the land of Valluvar, A. Ramasamy travelled across the country, met and corresponded with people associated with Gandhi, pored through government archives, letters, books and newspapers of the period, collecting important and interesting details. We learn it was in Tamil Nadu that the British Parliamentary delegation held discussions recognising that India's freedom was inevitable. We learn about fearless young martyrs like Valliammal, and of the publicised argument between Annie Besant and Gandhi over his 1916 speech in Benares. It was also the Tamil student fraternity that first gave Gandhi the title 'Father of the Nation'.
- About The Author
- A. Ramasamy was, from Pudhuthamaraipatti village in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, was a journalist who served as news editor of the dailies ThamilNadu, Gramarajyam-Weekly and Dinamani. A staunch Gandhian, he was secretary of the Gandhi Manram and the Harijan Seva Sangam, Madurai, and also translated works of Gandhian literature. He authored several books in Tamil, including Ellayil Thollai, Porkalathil Bharatham, Lykkia Naadugal Sabai, Kulandhai Gandhi, and Thamizhnaattil Gandhi, which took him three years to complete.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9789354423703
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Orient Blackswan, (15 March 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 688
- Weight
- 874 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 250 x 200 x 50 mm
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