''Young India'' was a book written by

Lala Lajpat Rai Lala Lajpat Rai (28 January 1865 — 17 November 1928) was an Indian revolutionary, politician, and author, popularly known as ''Punjab Kesari (Lion of Punjab).'' He was one of the three members of the Lal Bal Pal trio. He died of severe tra ...

in 1916 and later published by

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...

from 1919 to 1931. It was also the basis for Lala Lajpat Rai's contribution to the final edition of

The Seven Arts ''The Seven Arts'', an early example of the little magazine, was edited by James Oppenheim, Waldo Frank, and Van Wyck Brooks; it appeared monthly from November 1916 through October 1917. Jointly envisaged by Oppenheim and Frank, ''The Seven Ar ...

in Oct 2017. Through this work, Mahatma Gandhi sought to popularize India's demand for independence or

Swaraj Swarāj (, IAST: , ) can mean generally self-governance or "self-rule". The term was used synonymously with "home-rule" by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati and later on by Mahatma Gandhi, but the word usually refers to Gandhi's concept of Indian ...

. Gandhi used ''Young India'' to spread his unique ideology and thoughts regarding the use of

nonviolence Nonviolence is the personal practice of not causing harm to others under any condition. It may come from the belief that hurting people, animals and/or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and it may refer to a general philosoph ...

in organising movements and to urge readers to consider, organise, and plan for India's eventual independence from the

British Empire The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, colonies, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, mandates, and other Dependent territory, territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It bega ...

In 1933 Gandhi started publishing a weekly newspaper, ''

Harijan Dalit ( from meaning "broken/scattered") is a term used for untouchables and outcasts, who represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent. They are also called Harijans. Dalits were excluded from the fourfold var ...

'', in English. ''Harijan'', which means "People of God", was also Gandhi's term for the

untouchable caste Dalit ( from meaning "broken/scattered") is a term used for untouchables and outcasts, who represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent. They are also called Harijans. Dalits were excluded from the fourfold varn ...

. The newspaper lasted until 1948. During this time Gandhi also published ''Harijan Bandu'' in

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

, and ''Harijan Sevak'' in

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

. All three papers focused on social and economic problems, both in India and elsewhere in the world.

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Issues of ''Young India'' in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA).

''Young India''
Journal collection Defunct magazines published in India Defunct political magazines English-language magazines published in India Political magazines published in India Weekly magazines published in India Literature of Indian independence movement Magazines established in 1919 Magazines disestablished in 1931 Mahatma Gandhi {{poli-mag-stub

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