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Analyze Gandhi as a moralist, ascetic and man of action through his Hind Swaraj.

  • UPSC 2015
  • Impact of Colonial Rule on Indian Society

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi wrote Hind Swaraj in Gujarati aboard the SS Kildonan Castle in November 1909, translating it in 1910; Bombay promptly proscribed it. The three roles named are not three Gandhis but one argument: the morality generates the asceticism, and the asceticism makes the action collectively performable.

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  • The moralist
  • The ascetic
  • The man of action
  • Critical assessment
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