The Story of My Experiments with Truth

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The Story of My Experiments with Truth is Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiographical work recounting his personal, spiritual, and political development and the evolution of his philosophy of nonviolent resistance.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiography
book
non-fiction work
associatedWithMovement Indian independence movement
associatedWithPhilosophy Gandhism
author Mahatma Gandhi
countryOfOrigin India
coversEvent Gandhi's early political activities in India
Gandhi's years in South Africa
development of Satyagraha
describesConcept ahimsa
self-discipline
simple living
truth
EnglishTranslator Mahadev Desai
firstPublicationForm serialised in a periodical
firstPublishedIn Navjivan
Young India
focusesOn ethical self-examination
personal introspection
political awakening
religious quest
genre autobiography
political autobiography
spiritual autobiography
hasPerspective first-person narrative
hasSubject brahmacharya
social reform
vegetarianism
hasTranslation English translation
influenced civil rights leaders
global nonviolent movements
peace activists
languageOfFirstPublication Gujarati
mainSubject Satyagraha
ethical experiments
life of Mahatma Gandhi
nonviolent resistance
spiritual development
narrativeVoice Mahatma Gandhi
notableFor articulation of the philosophy of nonviolent resistance
detailed account of Gandhi's moral and spiritual evolution
originalLanguage Gujarati
originalTitle The Story of My Experiments with Truth
surface form: "Satya Na Prayogo Athva Atmakatha"
publicationPeriod 1925–1929
relatedWork The Kingdom of God Is Within You
surface form: "Hind Swaraj"
subtitle An Autobiography
timeSpanCovered Gandhi's childhood to 1921
title The Story of My Experiments with Truth

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this entity surface form: "Satya Na Prayogo Athva Atmakatha"
Mahatma Gandhi signatureWork The Story of My Experiments with Truth
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