Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule
1909
Written in Gujarati aboard the Kildonan Castle. A dialogue attacking modern industrial civilisation and defining self-rule as moral as well as political.
A lifetime at the writing desk
Books & Journalism
Gandhi wrote almost daily—in newspapers, letters, books and prison notes. The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi fill 100 volumes.
Major books
An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
1925–29
First serialised in Navajivan. It recounts his life only to 1921 and presents failures as openly as successes.
Satyagraha in South Africa
1928
Gandhi's history of the South African campaigns in which his method of non-violent resistance took shape.
Constructive Programme: Its Meaning and Place
1941
A concise plan for building independence through communal unity, khadi, sanitation, education, equality and village work.
Key to Health
1948
His practical—and sometimes controversial—views on food, exercise, hygiene and nature cure.
Newspapers and journals
South Africa, 1903
Indian Opinion
A multilingual weekly serving the Indian community and organising early satyagraha.
English weekly, 1919–31
Young India
The principal platform for his political arguments during Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience.
Gujarati weekly
Navajivan
Reached a wide Indian readership and serialised his autobiography.
1933–48
Harijan
Focused on social reform, village life, anti-untouchability work and current politics.
Read digitised originals through the Gandhi Heritage Portal, including the searchable Collected Works, journals, letters and manuscripts.