Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Diary of Manu Gandhi originally in Gujarati has been edited and translated by Dr Tridip Suhrud, a well known scholar engaged in understanding the Gandhian Intellectual tradition. The first volume covers the period 1943-1944. Manu Gandhi (Mridula) was a grand niece of Mahatma Gandhi , daughter of his Nephew Jaisukhlal Amritlal Gandhi, and stayed with Gandhiji till his assassination. She was an aide to Kasturba Gandhi during her imprisonment in the Aga Khan Palace in 1943.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first volume of the diary is a record of her life and\ntimes with Mahatma Gandhi between 1943- 44. Authenticated by Gandhiji himself,\nthe meticulous and intimate entries in the Diary throws light on his life as a\nprisoner and his endeavour to establish the possibility of collective\nnon-violence. It further chronicles the spiritual and educational pursuits of a\nwoman who takes up writing as a mode of self examination. She shares a moving\nportrait of Kasturba Gandhi\u2019s illness and death. The author also expresses the\ndeep emotional bond she had developed with Gandhiji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The National Archives of India is an Attached Office under the\nMinistry of Culture. It was established on 11 March 1891 at Kolkata (Calcutta)\nas the Imperial Record Department. Following the transfer of the capital from\nCalcutta to Delhi in 1911, the present building of the National Archives of\nIndia was constructed in 1926 which was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The\ntransfer of all records from Calcutta to New Delhi was completed in 1937.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This publication will immensely benefit the scholars\ninterested in Gandhian studies and history of modern India at large. The book\nwill be another milestone added to the publications that have been brought out\nby National Archives of India from time to time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Department intends to bring out publications out of rich\nreservoir of both public and private papers collection in order to continue\nthis process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture and Tourism, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel has launched the book \u2018the Diary of Manu Gandhi\u2019 (1943-44) at a function in the auditorium of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library on 22 August 2019. The book has been brought out by National Archives of India, on the occasion of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[545],"class_list":["post-5128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-articles","tag-the-diary-of-manu-gandhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5130,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5128\/revisions\/5130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}