Damodar P. Singhal’s study material on Mahatma Gandhi and the national movement. It includes the Indian National Congress’s response to the Rowlatt Act, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and subsequent investigation, the Khilafat movement and Mahatma Gandhi’s launch of the Non-Cooperation movement. The papers contain resolutions and reports passed by the All-India Congress Committee, Gandhi’s speeches, letters and articles published in his newspapers ‘Navjivan’ or ‘Navajivan’ and ‘Young India’, and a letter to the editor of the newspaper ‘The Bombay Chronicle’. Also includes excerpts from India’s Freedom Movement by B. Shiva Rao, The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi – A Contemporary Perspective by Anima Bose, The Meanings of Gandhi edited by Paul F. Power, Gandhi Centenary Papers edited by Dr. K. S. Saxena, Gandhi as a Political Thinker by B. S. Sharma and ‘Mahatma Gandhi- Political Philosopher?’ by W. H. Morris Jones (1960), along with comments and notes by Damodar P. Singha, and a list of transcripts with special reference to Gandhi. The file also contains chapters 1 and 2 of Damodar P. Singhal’s typed manuscript ‘He Died on Time’ or ‘Sadhana: A Political Biography of Mahatma Gandhi’+ 1 duplicate (undated) and a typed bibliography on Gandhi in South Africa (undated).
Mahatma Gandhi; National Movement; Indian National Congress; Rowlatt Act; Jallianwala Bagh; Khilafat movement; Non Cooperation; All India Congress Committee; letters; articles; newspapers; Navjivan; Navajivan; Young India; The Bombay Chronicle; India's Freedom Movement; B. Shiva Rao; Anima Bose; K. S. Saxena; Political Philosopher; W. H. Morris Jones; Sadhana; South Africa
The file contains Damodar P. Singhal’s research materials on Muslims and the Indian National Movement. It includes writings by Muslim political leaders like Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Rahimtullah Muhammad Sayani, Abdul Kalam Azad, Syed Ahmed Khan and Muhammad Ali and Muhammad Akbar Nazar Ali Hydari, as well as other writings related to Hindu-Muslims relations in K. P. Karunakaran’s edited volume Modern Indian Political Traditions (1962). Also includes ‘Philosophical Thinking of the Indian Muslims’ by K. Satchidananda Murti, The Indo Asian Culture (April 1962), the chapter ‘Correlation Between Religion and Politics’ in K. P. Karunakaran’s Continuity and Change in Indian Politics (1964), the chapter ‘An Introductory Essay on Communalism’ in Wilfred Cantwell Smith’s Modern Islam in India (undated).
Muslims; Indian National Movement; Muslim political leaders; Muhammad Ali Jinnhah; Rahimtullah Muhammad Sayani; Abdul Kalam Azad; Syed Ahmed Khan; Muhammad Ali; Muhammad Akbar Nazar Ali Hydari; Hindu-Muslim relations; K. P. Karunakaran; Modern Indian Political Traditions; Indian Muslims; Islam
Papers presented at the seminar on ‘Gandhi: The Exponent of an Alternative Civilization’ held at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (5-6 October 1977). They include, ‘The New Society – A Gandhian Alternative’ by Ram K. Vepa, ‘Is God a Necessary Presupposition of the Gandhian Alternative’ by K. J. Shah. ‘The Gandhian Alternative to Western Democracy’ by Amba Prasad and ‘Gandhi and the Concept of Politics: Towards a Normal Civilization’ by A. K. Saran.
Mahatma Gandhi; Alternative Civilization; seminar; Nehru Memorail Museum and Library; Ram K. Vepa; K. J. Shah; Western Democracy; Amba Prasad; Politics; Civilization; A. K. Saran
