01827nam a22001577a 4500020001800000082001900018100001600037245010000053260005500153300001100208520134300219650002301562650002801585700002601613710003001639  a9789388409889  a954.035bBAJ-M  aBajaj, J K   aMaking of a Hindu Patriot :b Background of Gandhiji's Hind Swaraj /cJ K Bajaj, M.D Srinivas.   aNew Delhi :bHAR-ANAND PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD,c2021  a1043p.  aThe book tells the story of the evolution of Hind Swaraj, the foundational text of Mahatma Gandhi, as a text of religious patriotism and of Gandhiji as a Hindu Patriot, perhaps the greatest Hindu Patriot, Deshbhakta Mahatma, of our times. The story is told largely in his own words. Part II of the book compiles 388 extracts, mainly from the writings of Gandhiji from 1891 to 1909, that are relevant to this evolution. The introductory part, Part I, leads the reader through these extensive extracts to weave a connected story of the development of Gandhiji, his campaigns and his ideas druing this period. The book graphically describes the story of the birth of Satyagraha in the historic meeting held at the Empire Theatre of Johannesburg on 11 September 1906. In the extracts entitled “The South African Jail Diary,” it offers a hair-raising account of the tortures that Gandhiji, as also his family and followers, had to go through in the jails of a foreign land in the pursuit of Satyagraha. The book also documents the two farewell meetings of July 1914, held in Durban and Verulam on the eve of the departure of Gandhiji from South Africa, where Gandhiji was first formally addressed as Deshbhakta Mahatma. The title of “Hindu Patriot” comes from Leo Tolstoy, who deeply admired Gandhiji “except for his Hindu patriotism  aNationalismzIndia  aPolitics and government  aSrinivas, M.Deauthor  aCentre for Policy Studies