Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSpeaking on the occasion Shri Prahlad Singh Patel said that\nthe art of diary writing is height of self discipline of an individual and\nhabit of diary writing converts an ordinary man into extraordinary man. The\nMinister appreciated efforts of National Archives of India, Dr Tridip Suhrud\nand Oxford University Press for English translation of the Diary of Manu\nGandhi. He said that this translation will help entire world to understand life\nof Mahatma Gandhi through the Diary of Manu Gandhi. He also urged NIA to\ntranslate the Diary of Manu Gandhi into other Indian languages with the help of\nSahitya Academy so that the beauty of this book may spread all over the\ncountry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Diary of Manu Gandhi originally in Gujarati has been\nedited and translated by Dr Tridip Suhrud, a well known scholar engaged in\nunderstanding the Gandhian Intellectual tradition. The first volume covers the\nperiod 1943-1944. Manu Gandhi (Mridula) was a grand niece of Mahatma Gandhi,\ndaughter of his Nephew Jaisukhlal Amritlal Gandhi, and stayed with Gandhiji\ntill his assassination. She was an aide to Kasturba Gandhi during her\nimprisonment 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 non-violence.\nIt further chronicles the spiritual and educational pursuits of a woman who\ntakes up writing as a mode of self examination. She shares a moving portrait of\nKasturba Gandhi\u2019s illness and death. The author also expresses the deep\nemotional bond she had developed with Gandhiji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The National Archives of India is an Attached Office under\nthe Ministry of Culture. It was established on 11 March 1891 at\nKolkata(Calcutta) as the Imperial Record Department. Following the transfer of\nthe capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911, the present building of the\nNational Archives of India was constructed in 1926 which was designed by Sir\nEdwin Lutyens. The transfer of all records from Calcutta to New Delhi was\ncompleted 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.\n\nThe Department intends to bring out publications\nout of rich reservoir of both public and private papers collection in order to\ncontinue this process.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture and Tourism, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel launched the book \u2018the Diary of Manu Gandhi\u2019 (1943-44) at a function in the auditorium of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library today in New Delhi. The book has been brought out by National Archives of India, on the occasion of 150th […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5201,"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-5200","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\/5200","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=5200"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5203,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5200\/revisions\/5203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}