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- ↑ Gandhi, M.K. (1959). Character and Nation Building. Navjivan Trust. ISBN 81-7229-093-4.
- ↑ Gandhi, Mahatma (1975). The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: Apr. 25-Sept. 30, 1935. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. pp. 44–45.
- ↑ James, G.A. (2013). Ecology Is Permanent Economy: The Activism and Environmental Philosophy of Sunderlal Bahuguna. State University of New York Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-4384-4674-5 . Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ↑ "Gandhi ji's views on non-violence".
- ↑ "Eleven vows".
- ↑ Prabhu, p. 293.
- ↑ Gandhi, pp. 11.
- ↑ Gandhi, Mohandas K. "The Need of India". Mahatma Gandhi, his life, writings and speeches.
- ↑ Pyarelal (1995). Mahatma Gandhi: Salt satyagraha: the watershed. Navajivan Publishing House. p. xvii. ISBN 978-81-7229-133-4.
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