Read the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi.

A book written by one about himself/herself is called an autobiography.

The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi. This book gives a clear picture of Gandhi’s life from his childhood to 1920. This book was written originally in Gujarati and was translated in English by Mahadev Desai who was Gandhi’s friend and assistant.

Gandhi has mentioned that he was influenced by Leo Tolstoy’s The Kingdom of God is Within You, John Ruskin’s Unto This Last and the poet Shrimad Rajchandra, also called as Raychandbhai.

In this book, Gandhi has described his nature when he was a child, his education, his association with the writer Narayan Hemchandra, his life in England where he studied Law, his visit to South Africa and his entry to Indian National Congress.

He also had a good time with Gopala Krishna Gokhale. The Birth of Satyagraha, his experiments in Dietetics, the birth of Khadi etc., also described. He has also thrown glimpse of Lord Curzon’s durbar, the Rowlett Bills, the Phoenix settlement etc., Gandhi’s role in the Indian freedom struggle is also described briefly.

His life in jail, his married life and his relationship with the contemporary freedom fighters are explained.