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Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj: A Philosophical Appraisal

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This paper is a study of Gandhi’s “Hind Swaraj” to bring out the philosophical significance of the concept of Swaraj. Gandhi has laid down his philosophy of life in this work which defines the concept of self-rule and also the concept of political and economic freedom. The Hind Swaraj is Gandhi’s manifesto for Indian freedom struggle since it lays down the principles of Satyagraha, namely Satya and Ahimsa. In this paper, an attempt is made to show how Gandhi harmonizes the political and economic freedom with spiritual freedom. Gandhi emphasizes the soul-force as the new principle for the emancipation of the Indian masses in addition to their economic and political freedom.

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  1. Notes and References

    Gandhi, M. K. Hind Swaraj, Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, vol. X, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1963, p. 18.

  2. Ibid, p. 20.

  3. Ibid, p. 58.

  4. Gandhi, M. K. Hind Swaraj, Chapter VIII, in “The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Vol. IV, Ed. Shriman Narayan, Navjivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad, 1968, p. 150.

  5. Gandhi, M. K., Hind Swaraj as quoted in Gandhi and the Modern World by Prof. Ramjee Singh, Classical Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1988, p. 154.

  6. Gandhi, M. K., “The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Vol. VI, Ed. Shriman Narayan, Navjivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad, 1968, p. 277.

  7. Ibid, Vol. 4, p. 121.

  8. Ibid, Vol. 4,p. 87.

  9. Ibid, Vol. VI, Ch. 46, p. 402.

  10. Ibid.

  11. Ibid, p. 403.

  12. Ibid, p. 378.

  13. Ibid, p. 379.

  14. Ibid, Vol. 4, Hind Swaraj, Chapter 19—“Machinery”, p. 189.

  15. Radhakrishnan, S., “Mahatma Gandhi” from Facets of Gandhi, Ed. B. K. Ahluwalia, Lakshmi Book Store, New Delhi, 1968, p. 18.

  16. Chakraborty, Bidyut, Social and Political Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi, Routledge, 2006.

  17. Harijan, 27 May 1939.

  18. Parel, Anthony J., Ed., Gandhi, Freedom and Self-Rule, Vistaar Publications, New Delhi, 2000, p. 1.

  19. Gandhi, M. K. Hind Swaraj, Chapter XX, in “The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Vol. IV, Ed. Shriman Narayan, Navjivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad, 1968, p. 201.

  20. Gandhi, M. K., “Young India”, 1 December 1927, from Gandhi Reader for 1988, Ed. M. V. Desai, Namedia Foundation, New Delhi, 1988.

  21. Ibid, p. 201.

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Panda, R. Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj: A Philosophical Appraisal. J. Indian Counc. Philos. Res. 37, 421–432 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40961-020-00215-5

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