Gandhiji received his first lessons of non-violence and truth from Rajchandra Ravjibhai. Gandhiji received the inspiration of nonviolence from the book "The Kingdom of God Is Within You" which was written by Leo Tolstoy. Gandhiji was inspired by the philosophy of civil disobedience of Henry David Thoreau and the book of John Ruskin, Unto the Last also inspired him throughout his journey.
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