Author: Nirmal Kumar Bose
Publisher: Orient Longman
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 270
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8125017267
Description
This book deals with the last phase of Gandhi’s life. In many respects this period stands out as a critical and dramatic period in Gandhi’s eventful life.
The author who was Gandhi’s secretary and companion during these last years drew on his close relationship with and observation of Gandhi, and on a wealth of documentary evidence to show how Gandhi dealt with the crises he experienced both at the personal and at the public political level.
This honest, searching study, when first written and published raised considerable controversy. It remains, even today, important for the light it throws on aspects of Gandhi’s personality and attitudes-notably his views on the Cabinet Mission proposals, the partition of India and his concept of a democratic organization.
Contents
Preface by the Author
Introduction
The First Interview
At Delang in Orissa
The Interview at Sodpur in 1945
Congress Workers Meeting in Sodpur, January 1946
Gandhiji’s Arrival in Sodpur in October 1946
Happenings in Bihar
On The Way to Noakhali
Kazirkhil
Circumspection and a Call for Courage
The Daily Round
Days Full of Darkness
The Darkness Deepens
A Friend’s Parting
The Pilgrimage
Internal Strain
The First Fortnight in Bihar
Till We Meet Again
An Excursion in Psychology
Dark Clouds over Bengal
Darker Clouds over India
On a Visit To Bengal’s Capital
Crisis in Non-violence
Bengal Calling Again
Building up Free India
The Fast
Martyrdom
APPENDIX A
Condition of Noakhali in May 1947
APPENDIX B
Congress Position by M K Gandhi
APPENDIX C
Last Will and Testament of Mahatma Gandhi
Index