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The Great Trial of Mahatma Gandhi

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The Great Trial of Mahatma Gandhi and Mr. Sankarlal Banker (1922)
by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, edited by K. P. Kesava Menon
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The Great Trial
of
Mahatma Gandhi & Mr. Sankarlal Banker

Edited by
K. P. Kesava Menon

Foreword by
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

Ganesh & Co., Madras
1922


CONTENTS

Preface v
Foreword ix
Introduction 1
The Trial
Charge against the accused 9
Advocate-General's speech 12
Statement of Mahatma Gandhi 19
Judgment and sentence 32
Mahatma Gandhi's reply 35
Appendix I. The offending articles
(a) Tampering with Loyalty 37
(b) The Puzzle and its Solution 42
(c) Shaking the Manes 46
Appendix II. If I am arrested 50
Appendix III. The scene at the Ashram when Mahatma Gandhi was arrested 58
Appendix IV. Preliminary enquiry before the Magistrate 60
Appendix V. Mahatmaji in prison 63
Appendix VI.
(a) How to Release Mahatmaji by Anasuya Sarabhai 69
(b) Dwijendranath Tagore’s Impressions 71

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


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