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K. Gandhi  \nAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OR  \nThe story of my experiments with truth  \nTRANSLATED FROM THE GUJARATI  \nBY MAHADEV DESAI  \nGANDHI BOOK CENTRE Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal  \n299, Tardeo Raod, Nana Chowk Bombay-7 INDIA 3872061  \nemail: [info @ mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org](info @ mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org)  \n[www: mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org](www: mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org)  \nNAVAJIVAN PUBLISHING HOUSE AHMEDABAD-380014  \nChapter 1  \nBIRTH AND PARENTAGE  \nThe Gandhis belong to the Bania caste and seem to have been originally grocers. But for three generations, from my grandfather, they have been Prime Ministers in several Kathiawad States. Uttamchand Gandhi, alias Ota Gandhi, my grandfather, must have been a man of principle. State intrigues compelled him to leave Porbandar, where he was Diwan, and to seek refuge in Junagadh. There he saluted the Nawab with the left hand. Someone, noticing the apparent discourtesy, asked for an explanation, which was given thus: 'The right hand is already pledged to Porbandar.'  \nOta Gandhi married a second time, having lost his first wife. He had four sons by his first wife and two by his second wife. I do not think that in my childhood I ever felt or knew that these sons of Ota Gandhi were not all of the same mother. The fifth of these six brothers was Karamchand Gandhi, alias Kaba Gandhi, and the sixth was Tulsidas Gandhi. Both these brothers were Prime Ministers in Porbandar, one after the other. Kaba Gandhi was my father. He was a member of the Rajasthanik Court. It is now extinct, but in those days it was a very influential body for settling disputes between the chiefs and their fellow clansmen. He was for some time Prime Minister in Rajkot and then in Vankaner. He was a pensioner of the Rajkot State when he died.  \nKaba Gandhi married four times in succession, having lost his wife each time by death. He had two daughters by his first and second marriages. His last wife, Putlibai, bore him a daughter and three sons, I being the youngest.  \nMy father was a lover of his clan, truthful, brave and generous, but short-tempered. To a certain extent he might have been given to carnal pleasures. For he married for the fourth time when he was over forty. But he was incorruptible and had earned a name for strict impartiality in his family as well as outside. His loyalty to the state was well known. An Assistant Political Agent spoke insultingly of the Rajkot Thakore Saheb, his chief, and he stood up to the insult. The Agent was angry and asked Kaba Gandhi to apologize. This he refused to do and was therefore kept under detention for a few hours. But when the Agent saw that Kaba Gandhi was adamant, he ordered him to be released.  \nMy father never had any ambition to accumulate riches and left us very little property.  \nHe had no education, save that of experience. At best, he might be said to have read up to the fifth Gujarati standard. Of history and geography he was innocent. But his rich experience of practical affairs stood him in good stead in the solution of the most intricate questions and in managing hundreds of men. Of religious training he had very little, but he had that kind of religious culture which frequent visits to temples and listening to religious discourses make available to many Hindus. In his last days he began reading the Gita at the instance of a learned Brahman friend of the family, and he used to repeat aloud some verses every day at the time of worship.  \nThe outstanding impression my mother has left on my memory is that of saintliness. She was deeply religious. She would not think of taking her meals without her daily prayers. Going to Haveli-the Vaishnava temple-was one of her daily duties. As far as my memory can go back, I do not remember her having ever missed the Chaturmas . She would take the hardest vows and keep them without flinching. Illness was no excuse for relaxing them. I can recall her once falling ill when she was observing the Chandrayana vow, but the illness was not allowe","cbCaikAslTrh9jVb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikAslTrh9jVb","pdf",2001872,269,"English","# Chapter 1 BIRTH AND PARENTAGE\n## Family origins and ancestry\n## Father’s character and public role\n## Mother’s religious vows and influence\n## Gandhi’s birth and early schooling\n# Chapter 2 CHILDHOOD","[{\"question\":\"What is covered in Chapter 1 of Gandhi’s autobiography?\",\"answer\":\"Chapter 1, titled “BIRTH AND PARENTAGE,” describes his family background, his father Kaba Gandhi’s character and public duties, his mother’s religious life, and Gandhi’s own birth and early schooling.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Gandhi describe his father’s temperament and principles?\",\"answer\":\"He portrays his father as truthful, brave, generous, and incorruptible, while also short-tempered. 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