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	{{Infobox book		\| name = The Essential Gandhi
	\| name = The Essential Gandhi		\| editor = [[Louis Fischer]]
	\| editor = [[Louis Fischer]]		\| image = The essential gandhi.jpg
	\| image = The essential gandhi.jpg		\| caption = First edition cover
	\| caption = First edition		\| author = [[Mahatma Gandhi]]<br>[[Eknath Easwaran]] (preface, 2nd edition)
	\| author = [[Mahatma Gandhi]]<br>[[Eknath Easwaran]] (preface, 2nd edition)		\| cover_artist =
	\| cover_artist =		\| country = United Kingdom
	\| country = United Kingdom		\| language = English
	\| language = English		\| pub_date = September 14, 1962
	\| series =		\| series =
	\| subject =		\| subject =
	\| genre = [[~~biography]], [[essay~~]]		\| genre = {{flatlist\|
	~~\| publisher =~~ [[~~Allen & Unwin~~]]		* [[Biography]]
	~~\| release_date = 1962~~		* [[Essay]]
	~~\| media_type = Print~~
	~~\| pages = xxvi, 338 pp~~
	~~\| isbn = 1-4000-3050-1~~
	~~\| isbn_note = (reprint)~~
	~~\| dewey= 954.03/5/092 B 22~~
	~~\| congress= DS481.G3 A3 2002b~~
	~~\| oclc= 51073482~~
	~~\| preceded_by =~~
	~~\| followed_by =~~
	}}		}}
			\| publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]]
			\| release_date =
			\| media_type = Print
			\| pages = xxvi, 338 pp
			\| isbn = 1-4000-3050-1
			\| isbn_note = (reprint)
			\| dewey = 954.03/5/092 B 22
			\| congress = DS481.G3 A3 2002b
			\| oclc = 51073482
			\| preceded_by =
			\| followed_by =
			}}
			'''''The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas''''' is a collection of [[Mohandas Gandhi]]'s writings, edited by [[Louis Fischer]] and published by [[Random House]] in 1962.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=1962-09-01 \|title=The Essential Gandhi \|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/louis-ed-fischer/the-essential-gandhi/ \|access-date=2025-11-14 \|website=[[Kirkus Reviews]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Meade \|first=Robert D. \|date=1962-10-21 \|title="Great Soul" \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/371071203/?match=1&terms=%22the%20essential%20ghandi%22 \|access-date=2025-11-15 \|website=[[Hartford Courant]] \|page=14 \|language=en-US \|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The book outlines how Gandhi became the [[Mahatma]] and introduces Gandhi's opinions on various subjects. It is split into two parts, "The Man" and "The Mahatma".

	~~'''''The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas''''' is a collection of [[~~Mohandas ~~Gandhi]]'s writings edited by [[Louis Fischer]]~~. ~~The book outlines how~~ Gandhi ~~became the [[Mahatma]] and introduces Gandhi's opinions on various subjects. It is split into two parts, "The Man" and "The Mahatma".~~		== References ==
			{{Reflist}}{{Mohandas K. Gandhi}}

	~~== The Man ==~~		{{Authority control}}
	[[Image:Gandhi and Kasturbhai 1902.jpg\|left\|thumb\|240px\|[[Gandhi]] and his wife [[Kasturba Gandhi\|Kasturbai]] (1902)]] Part One chronicles the transformation of a young man full of internal struggle into India's political and spiritual leader. Gandhi travels to England for his education and upholds his vow to abstain from meat, alcohol, and women. Gandhi displays both a sense of humor in his planned suicide and an obsession for perfection in his own dismay at his lust for his wife, [[Kasturbai]]. Throughout this part of the book, the reader is shown subtle glimpses of the part of the rather unremarkable Mohandas K. Gandhi that will become the spiritual leader of India. Part One culminates in Gandhi's march into the Transvaal leading thousands of Indian laborers on strike. The demonstration brought about reforms to the previously anti-Indian law code.

	{{~~Mohandas K. Gandhi~~}}

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>Simranjeet Sidhu at 23:47, 1 October 2020

2020-10-01T23:47:50Z

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{unreferenced|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox book
| name = The Essential Gandhi
| editor = [[Louis Fischer]]
| image = The essential gandhi.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = [[Mahatma Gandhi]]<br>[[Eknath Easwaran]] (preface, 2nd edition)
| cover_artist =
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| series =
| subject =
| genre = [[biography]], [[essay]]
| publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]]
| release_date = 1962
| media_type = Print
| pages = xxvi, 338 pp
| isbn = 1-4000-3050-1
| isbn_note = (reprint)
| dewey= 954.03/5/092 B 22
| congress= DS481.G3 A3 2002b
| oclc= 51073482
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}

'''''The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas''''' is a collection of [[Mohandas Gandhi]]'s writings edited by [[Louis Fischer]]. The book outlines how Gandhi became the [[Mahatma]] and introduces Gandhi's opinions on various subjects. It is split into two parts, "The Man" and "The Mahatma".

== The Man ==
[[Image:Gandhi and Kasturbhai 1902.jpg|left|thumb|240px|[[Gandhi]] and his wife [[Kasturba Gandhi|Kasturbai]] (1902)]] Part One chronicles the transformation of a young man full of internal struggle into India's political and spiritual leader. Gandhi travels to England for his education and upholds his vow to abstain from meat, alcohol, and women. Gandhi displays both a sense of humor in his planned suicide and an obsession for perfection in his own dismay at his lust for his wife, [[Kasturbai]]. Throughout this part of the book, the reader is shown subtle glimpses of the part of the rather unremarkable Mohandas K. Gandhi that will become the spiritual leader of India. Part One culminates in Gandhi's march into the Transvaal leading thousands of Indian laborers on strike. The demonstration brought about reforms to the previously anti-Indian law code.

{{Mohandas K. Gandhi}}

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[[Category:Indian biographies]]
[[Category:Mahatma Gandhi]]
[[Category:Ballantine Books books]]
[[Category:1962 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian books]]
[[Category:Books about activists]]

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>Simranjeet Sidhu at 23:47, 1 October 2020