List of books that hugely impacted Mahatma Gandhi.

I often wonder what makes a normal human to turn out to be a Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Abdul Kalam and so on. Definitely, they have a major impact of the people/circumstances they have come across in their lives and along with this, the other major fuel I strongly believe are the books they read. All of these great humans have several sets of favorite books which they kept on re-reading whenever they felt low. In Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography, there are several books which he mentioned have hugely impacted him. This article I am listing few of his favorite books.

·         The Gospels In Brief, What To Do?      
      – Tolstoy

·         Dharma Vichar     
     – Narmada Shanker

·         The Perfect Way     
      -- Anna Kingsford & Edward Maitland

·         The Kingdom Of God Is Within You.    
      – Tolstoy

·         Unto This Last    
      – Ruskin

·         Bhagavadgita 
     -- Gandhi had read almost all translations of it 
         and his personal favorite 
         is by Sir Edward Arnold.

·         The Light Of Asia    
     -- Sir Edward Arnold

·         Key To Theosophy    
     -- Madame Blavatsky

·         Ramayana   
     – Tulasidas

·         Harishchandra Nataka    
     -- This play he considers has captured his heart

·         Shravana Pitrubhakti Nataka    
     -- Another play that impacted him deeply.

Non-religious books:

·         Plea For Vegetarianism    
     -- Salt

·         The Ethics Of Diet    
     --Howard Williams

·         The Perfect Way In Diet     
     -- Dr.Anna Kingsford

 List of books you must read at least once.

Thanks VV!!

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