Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Preface v
1 My Childhood 1
2 College Life 13
3 In the UTC 24
4 Deputy Collector Ahmedabad 29
5 Deputy Collector Thana 33
6 Prant Officer Broach 42
7 In the Panchmahals 53
8 End of Government Service 72
9 In the Struggle for Freedom 83
10 Secretary
of Gujarat Congress Committee 91
11 Second
and Third Jail Terms
101
12 The Birth
of the Socialist Group 115
13 The
Gujarat Congress Organisation 119
14 Sri
Aurobindo and Ramana Maharshi 124
15 Ideology
Discussed with Bapu
131
16 My First
Contact with Jawaharlalji 136
17 The First
Election Campaign
139
18 In Khers
Cabinet 144
19 The
Problem of the Forfeited Lands 155
20 The
Intervening Period 166
21
Individual Satyagraha and Fourth Pilgrimage to Jail 171
22
Preparation for the Last Struggle
174
23 Quit
India Movement
181
24 The
Second Kher Ministry
191
25 Communal
Riots 200
26 Birth of
the Home Guard
208
27
Reorganisation of the Gujarat Vidyapith 212
28 Law and
Order and the Crusade against Corruption 216
29
Establishment of Gujarat Vidyapith 228
30
Prohibition and Removal of Untouchability 231
31
Nationalisation of Bus Transport
234
32 The
Uplift of Tribals
237
33 Dawn of
Freedom and Integration of the Princely States 240
34
Assassination of Gandhiji
247
35 Mahatma
Gandhi as I Understood Him 252
36 Famine
Relief and other Matters
257
37 People
Oriented Administration
261
38 The
Constitution of the Indian Republic 266
39 The
Passing Away of Sardar Patel
270
40 Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel as I Knew Him 275
Index 279
