INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: Unto This Last is an essay and book on economy which was written by John Ruskin . It was first published in 1860 in the monthly journal Cornhill Magazine. Ruskin inspired Gandhiji’s decision to live an austere life. Gandhiji quoted “It brought about an instaneous and practical transformation in my life".

Detailed explanation-2: -Mahatma Gandhi said that some of his deepest convictions were reflected in a book titled, “Unto this Last” and the book transformed his life, what was the message from the book that transformed Mahatma Gandhi? Uplifting the oppressed and poor is the moral responsibility of an educated man.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gandhi summarised Unto This Last’s teachings in these three points: That the good of the individual is contained in the good of all. That a lawyer’s work has the same value as the barber’s, inasmuch as all have the same right of earning their livelihood from their work.

Detailed explanation-4: -He was inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s work, ‘The Kingdom of God is within you’, John Ruskin’s work, ‘Unto this last’ and Henry Thoreau’s work, ‘Civil Disobedience’.