Mahatma gandhi autobiography book6/27/2023 ![]() Around this time, Gandhiji, along with the Ali brothers, frequently invited the Afghans to invade India. In a 1947 essay in the newspaper, Vajpayee wrote: “World War I fuelled the Pan-Islamist ambitions of Indian Muslims. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book relies on his writings in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS’s) mouthpiece Panchjanya, among other publications. “Whereas the second world war was a time to strengthen ourselves militarily, the opportunity was wasted on individual satyagraha which ended, as always, with sitting purposelessly in the jail,’’ the book quoted Vajpayee as having written in an essay in 1947. The book suggests that Vajpayee, who was 18 when the Quit India movement was launched by Gandhi in 1942, wasn’t entirely convinced of its effectiveness. To be sure, Vajpayee – who went on to become Prime Minister himself – gained great respect for Gandhi over the course of his life, and his animosity towards Nehru also appeared to be tinged with admiration sometimes. ![]() Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee began his political life critical of some movements and strategies adopted by Mahatma Gandhi and was similarly opposed to the policies of Jawaharlal Nehru, according to a new biography titled Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right 1924-1977 by Abhishek Choudhary, the first of a two-part volume published by Picador. ![]()
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