The Life and Death of Mahatma Gandhi (The Robert Payne Library)

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  tours the Northwest Frontier, 481- 482

  and Hitler, 485-488

  and Jews of Germany, 486

  letter to Hitler quoted, 486-488

  letter to Lord Linlithgow, 488

  and Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang, 492

  and Sir Stafford Cripps, 492-493

  “Quit India” resolution, 493-494

  summons India to revolt, 494-495

  and last illness of Kasturbhai, 497-504

  released from prison, 507

  at Juhu, 508

  dislike of films and cameramen, 509

  hatred of partition, 511

  convalesces at Panchgani, 513

  in Delhi, 514

  at Uruli Kanchan, 514

  relationship with Manubehn Gandhi, 521-525, 554-555

  goes to Bihar, 526

  letter to Harilal, 526

  and Jinnah, 527, 528

  and Lord Mountbatten, 527-528, 548

  joint proclamation with Jinnah in favor of peaceful partition, 528-529

  series of articles in Harijan, 528-530

  in Lahore, 532

  in Patna, 532

  in Delhi, 547-556

  life threatened, 549-550

  quotes Churchill, 552

  and Patel, 563-564

  on All-India Radio to Hindus and Muslims, 568-569, 570

  attempt to assassinate, 570-571

  calls himself true Mahatma, 573, 579

  last journey, 574-575

  visits Muslim shrine, 574-575

  works on Constitution of India, 583, 584, 585

  memorial garden, 589

  assassination of, 592-599, 634

  cremation of, 592-599

  funeral ceremonies for, 594-599

  effect of murder of, 600-607

  memorials to, 602-604

  his concept of India, 604-605

  legacy of, 606

  aware of threats, 611

  plot to assassinate, 612-623

  trial of assassins of, 616-623

  how assassins worked out plot, 624-634

  trial of conspirators in killing of, 635-645

  Indian government opens inquiry on assassination of, 647

  Gandhi, Putlibai, mother

  religious background, 20

  wed to Karamchand, 20

  children of, 25

  influence on son, 25, 26, 29, 51

  death of, 78

  Gandhi, Rajiv, son of Indira, 577

  Gandhi, Raliatbehn, sister,

  birth of, 25

  Gandhi, Ramdas, son, 241, 330

  birth of, 116

  at Phoenix Farm, 150

  and Gandhi, 291

  marriage of, 381

  Gandhi’s letter to, 436

  in Poona, 501

  and Kasturbhai, 505-506

  at Gandhi’s funeral, 596-599

  letter to Nathuram Godse, 643, 644

  Gandhi, Rami, daughter of Harilal, 329, 469

  Gandhi, Rasik, son of Harilal, 469

  Gandhi poem for, 329

  death of, 382-383

  Gandhi, Ratan, cousin, 50

  Gandhi, Tulsidas, uncle, 500

  Gandhi, Uttamchand, grandfather, 21

  Gandhi Memorial Museum, 603-604

  Gani, Abdul, 162, 163

  Garbo, Greta, 416

  Garnett, Constance, 204

  Garnett, David, 204

  Gazette of India Extraordinary, publishes terms of the Turkish Peace Treaty, 347

  Gelder, Stewart, interviews Gandhi, 509-510

  George V, King of England

  Lord Irwin’s confidential memorandum to, 395

  Irwin letter to, 404

  Gandhi meets, 413-414

  Ghanshiamdasji (G. D. Birla), 562

  Gibbon, Edward, 371, 372

  Gide, Charles, and Gandhi, 419

  Gilder, Dr., 499

  Giornale d’Italia, publishes fake interview with Gandhi, 432

  Gita Govinda, 371

  Gladstone, William Ewart, 64, 267, 268

  Godse, Gopal; 613, 620, 623, 625, 626, 628, 630

  trial of, 636

  Godse, Nathuram Vinayak

  assassinates Gandhi, 590

  trial of 635, 636

  speech at trial, 637-641

  sentenced to death, 642

  receives letter from Ramdas Gandhi, 643

  letter to Ramdas Gandhi, 643-644, 645

  hanging of, 645-646

  Goel, Jagdish Prasad, 632, 634

  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 421

  Gogate, Vasudev Rao, 631

  Gokhale, Gopal Krishna, 145, 243, 266, 273

  and Gandhi, 110, 131, 133-134, 136, 138, 142, 229, 230, 257-258, 269, 270, 274, 279, 287, 288-289, 290, 295

  on Hind Swaraj, 224-225

  with Gandhi in South Africa, 247-253, 254

  in France, 276

  and Mrs. Naidu, 276

  death of, 289-290, 292

  Gokuldas, nephew of Gandhi, 149

  Golden Threshold, The (Naidu), 276

  Gosse, Edmund, and Mrs. Naidu, 276

  Graham, Millie (Mrs. Henry Polak), 150-151

  Grant, Sir Peter, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, 302-303

  Grievances of the British Indians in South Africa, The (Gandhi), 108-109

  Griffin, Sir Lepel, 166, 167, 168, 170

  Guiyesse, Madame Louise, founder of the Association of Friends of Gandhi, and Gandhi, 418, 419

  Habib, Seth Haji, 162, 163, 195, 201, 220

  Haidari Mansion, Gandhi at, 534-546

  Hampstead Peace and Arbitration Society, Gandhi’s speech to, 215

  Haq, Maulana Mazharul, and Gandhi, 307, 309, 311, 312, 318-319

  Hardinge, Lord, Viceroy of India, 247, 268, 288, 297, 298

  on Indian laborers, 265

  Harijan, 448, 549, 604

  quoted, 40-41, 478

  Gandhi’s articles in, 464-465, 528

  Harijan Fund, 455, 456, 457

  Harijans (Untouchables), 448

  Gandhi on, 435, 439, 440, 442, 443, 446

  confront Gandhi, 481

  Harkaran, Gandhi’s jailor, 368-369

  Harmsworth, Alfred, 64

  Harris, Miss, 98

  Hartal, 331-332

  Healy, Dan, Superintendent of Police at Ahmedabad, 360

  Hemchandra, Narayan, and Gandhi, 67-68

  Heroes and Hero Worship (Carlyle), 73

  Heycock, W. B., and Gandhi, 309, 310-311, 317

  Himsa, and ahimsa, 478

  Hind Swaraj, “Indian Home Rule” (Gandhi), 220-225, 236, 278, 332, 350, 411

  Hindu Mahasabha, 208, 209, 538, 539, 543, 565, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 617, 622, 623, 631, 632, 633 Hindu Rashtra, 612, 616, 618, 620

  Hindu Rashtra Dal, 613

  Hindu Rashtriya Sena, 615

  Hindus, oppose Gandhi, 455-457

  Hindustan Republican Association, 394

  Hindustan Times, Devadas Gandhi managing editor of, 469

  History of Civilization (Buckle), 371

  Hitler, Adolf

  triumph at Munich, 482

  Gandhi and, 485-488, 490

  Hoare, Sir Samuel, 439-440, 445, 619

  and Gandhi, 415, 431

  Holmes, Dr. John Haynes, and Gandhi, 460

  Home Rule for Ireland, 64

  Home Rule League, 295

  Hosken, William, and Gandhi, 172-173

  Housman, Laurence, and Gandhi, 409

  Hunter, Lord, chairman on commission of inquiry into Amritsar massacre, 340-341

  Hurbatsingh, and Gandhi, 263

  Hutheesing, Krishna, 577

  Huxley, Thomas Henry, 177

  Hyderabad, Nizam of, aids Satyagraha movement, 230

  Illustrated London News, The, Chesterton article in, 212-213

  Independence Day, and Partition Day, 536

  India

  at war with Japan, 492

  Socialist Party of, 577

  Constitution of, Gandhi works on, 583, 584, 585


  civil war in, 515-520

  India: What Can It Teach Us? (Müller), 145

  Indian National Army, 512, 515

  Indian National Congress, 102, 131, 132, 359, 362, 365, 368, 486, 513, 602, 603

  of 1916, 303-304

  in Lucknow, 315, 575, 579

  cabinet meets in Yeravda Jail, 403

  ratifies Delhi Pact, 405-406

  Working Committee, 432-433, 494, 495, 509

  and Gandhi, 454, 458

  Gandhi at Lucknow meeting of, 486

  members in prison, 491

  Indian Opinion, 148, 148, 151, 171, 172, 174, 177, 203, 232, 246, 330

  Albert West, editor of, 149-150

  quoted on Zulu rebellion, 154-155, 156

  on Ram Sundara Pandit, 175

  quoted, 190-191

  reprints Chesterton article, 213

  Gandhi’s letters and articles in, 246, 256

  Indian Sociologist, The, 203, 212

  Indian Volunteer Corps, during Boer War, 120-123

  Irving, Washington, 371

  Irwin, Lord, later Viscount Halifax, Viceroy of India, 383, 433

  and Salt March, 390, 391, 392

  Gandhi letter to, 395-398

  on Dharasana, 398

  and George Slocombe, 402

  and Indian Congress leaders, 403-404

  letter to King George V, 404

  Irwin-Gandhi Pact, 404

  Isha Upanishad, 578

  Jackson, A. M. T., shooting of, 206, 208, 617, 618

  Jain, Dr. Jagdish Chandra, 620, 621, 623

  tries to prevent attempt on Gandhi’s life, 628-629, 630

  Jaurès, Jean, 207

  Jayadeva, 24

  Jayakar, J. M., intermediary to Gandhi, 403

  Jeffreys, Mr., 55, 57

  Jhaveri, Abdul Karim, befriends and employs Gandhi, 86, 89

  Jinnah, Mohamed Ali, 277, 515, 516, 549, 569

  and Gandhi, 510-512, 513, 527, 528

  and Mountbatten, 528

  and joint proclamation with Gandhi in favor of partition, 528-529

  Jivaraj, Dr., 526

  Junagadh, Nawab of, 22

  Just, Adolf, 145-146

  Kachalia, Ahmad, 173

  Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal, awarded to Gandhi, 309

  Kaliayev, Ivan, 619

  Kallenbach, Hermann, 245, 266

  as disciple of Gandhi, 142-143, 145

  gives Tolstoy farm to Gandhi, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235

  and Gokhale, 247, 248, 249, 251

  and Gandhi in South Africa, 254-255

  and non-violence in South Africa, 260, 262

  arrest of, 263

  leaves South Africa, 272-273

  and Gandhi, 274, 275, 408

  sent to internment camp, 276

  at Sevagram ashram, 406

  Kapur, Mr. Justice Jiwan Lal, 630

  leads inquiry into conspiracy to kill Gandhi, 647

  Kapur Committee, reveals evidence of police laxity in protecting Gandhi, 647

  Karkare, Vishnu, 614

  as conspirator, 622, 623, 624, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633

  trial of, 635, 636

  Kashmir

  massacres in, 530

  Gandhi in, 531-532

  fighting in, 553

  Kathiawar Times, quotes Gandhi, 52

  Keer, Dhananjay, 617

  Kemal, Mustapha, 373

  Khadi (homespun) movement, and Gandhi, 321, 343

  Khan, Khan Abdul Gaffar

  revolt of, 394-395

  arrest of, 394, 432

  and Gandhi, 481-482, 526

  Khan, Liaquat Ali, 549

  Kheda, disturbances in, and Gandhi, 322, 325-326, 327

  Kher, B. G., 629

  Khilafat movement, 346, 373

  Kierkegaard, Soren, 80 Kingdom of God Is Within You, The, (Tolstoy), 81, 97, 213, 239-240

  Kingsford, Dr. Anna, 65, 97, 105

  Kipling, Rudyard, 371

  Kistayya, Shankar

  as conspirator, 615, 620, 621, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 630, 634

  trial of, 636

  Koran, 177, 559, 575

  Kripalani, J. B.

  and Gandhi, 307, 312, 316, 523

  at Gandhi’s funeral, 596

  Krishnadas, secretary to Gandhi, 355-356

  Krishnavarma, Shyamji, 203, 206

  Kühne, Dr. Ludwig, 137

  Lahore, Gandhi in, 532

  Laithwaite, Mr., secretary to Viceroy, 495

  Lakshman, friend of Prince Madhavsinh, 22

  Lalnath, Pandit, 457

  and Gandhi, 455

  Laughton, F. A., Dada Abdullah’s lawyer, and Gandhi, 113, 120

  Lawrence, Vincent, Gandhi’s confidential clerk, 105, 106

  Lays of Ancient Rome (Macaulay), 371

  Lazarus, Mr., 258, 259

  League of Nations, 420

  Lely, Mr.

  British agent, 49-50

  Gandhi’s letter to, 66

  Lenin, V. I., R. Rolland on, 420

  Lester, Muriel, 408, 409, 418

  Letter to a Hindu (Tolstoy), 214, 215, 219, 220, 236

  Lewis, W. A., letter on Gandhi, 318

  Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons (Jain), 629

  Life of Beethoven (Rolland), 417

  Light of Asia, The (Arnold), 72, 73

  Lindsay, Lord, 415

  Linlithgow, Lord

  Ganani letter to, 488

  letter to Gandhi, 489

  Lives of Mahomet and His Successors, The (Irving), 371

  London Matriculation, Gandhi passes examination, 71

  London Theosophical Society, 74

  London Times, 588

  London Vegetarian Society, 76, 105

  Lynd, Robert, 204

  M. K. Gandhi: An Indian Patriot in South Africa (Doke), 218

  Macaulay, Thomas B., 371

  MacDonald, Ramsay, 445

  becomes Prime Minister, 411-412

  and Gandhi, 439-440

  and Communal Award, 439, 441

  McKenzie, Duncan, 57, 158

  Maddock, Colonel, and Gandhi, 372

  Madras Bar Association, 293

  Mahabharata, 327, 642

  Maharaj, Dada, 623

  Maharaj, Dixit, 631

  “Mahatma,” title given Gandhi by Tagore, 290

  Mahatma Gandhi (Rolland), 417-418

  Mahmud of Ghazni, 23

  Maine, Sir Henry Sumner, 102

  Maitland, Edward, 97, 105

  Majid, Abdul, 61

  Majmundar, Gangabehn, and Gandhi, 321

  Makanji, Gokaldas, 50-51

  Makanji, Kasturbhai, wed to Gandhi, 35

  Makanji, Khushalbhai, 52, 53

  Makanji, Seth Gokaldas, 35

  Makrani, Ghulam Muhammed, 21, 22

  Malaviya, Madan Mohan, 309

  and Shukla, 304

  and Gandhi, 318-319

  delegate to London Conference, 407

  Maler Kotla, Nawab of, 564

  Mali, Raghu, 634

  Man and Superman (Shaw), 371

  Manchester Guardian, 415

  Mariann Hill, Trappist settlement, 107-108

  Martin, Major, Gandhi’s jail superintendent, 436

  Mary, Queen of England, Gandhi meets, 413-414

  Massignon, Louis, and Gandhi, 419

  Maude, W., and Gandhi, 316

  Nlazmudar, Tryambakrai

  accompanies Gandhi to London, 53, 54, 01

  Mehta, Dr. Dinshah, 501

  Mehta, Narsimha (poet), 24, 559

  Mehta, Sir Pherozeshah, 83

  and Gandhi, 85, 109, 110, 132, 133, 136

  Mehta, Dr. Pranjivan, and Gandhi, 62, 291

  Mehtab, Sheikh, and Gandhi, 37-40, 49, 50, 105-107

  Mian, Yusuf, 181, 182, 184,189, 190

  head of British Indian Association, 179

  Miller, Webb, at raid on Dharasana Saltworks, 396-397, 398

  Milton, John, Paradise Lost, 44

  Mirabehn (Madeleine S
lade), 379, 482

  and Gandhi, 378, 432, 433, 434, 466, 467

  brings Gandhi and Romain Rolland together, 417-425, 428

  imprisoned in Sabarmati Jail, 450

  Gandhis notes to, 450, 451, 452

  ministers to Gandhi, 457

  receives “Quit India” resolution, 493

  arrest of, 495

  as Gandhi’s spokesman, 495

  Mission to Moscow (film), Gandhi sees, 509

  Mitra, Sachin, death of, 544

 

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