Draft:The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi

The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (CWMG) is a book series of the collected works by Mahatma Gandhi, published between 1958 and 1994. Consist of 100 volumes, it includes letters, articles, and personal notes written by Gandhi as well as speeches delivered by Gandhi. K. Swaminathan was the chief editor of the series.

Publication history
After the death of Gandhi, Rajendra Prasad took three vows:


 * 1) Erecting memorials at the major places where Gandhi had stayed or worked.
 * 2) Continue social activities which were started and beloved by Gandhi.
 * 3) Collect, publish and preserve complete works of Gandhi.

The idea of CWMG came into existence in February 1956. The government of India resolved to form an advisory board, of which Morarji Desai was appointed the chairman. Several individuals worked as members of the board at different time periods including Kaka Kalelkar, Devdas Gandhi, Pyarelal Nayyar, Maganbhai Desai, G. Ramachandran, Shriman Narayan, Jivanji P. Desai, P. M. Lad, R. R. Diwakar, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar and Shantilal Shah. Bharatan Kumarappa and Jairamdas Daulatram were the chief editor of the project during 1956 and 1959. Later K. Swaminathan became chief editor of the project in February 1960. Swaminathan had to leave his position in his early nineties due to his worsened eyesight (1960-1984 ). The project completed in 1994 with the publication of its 100th volume. During the project people including U. R. Rao, R. K. Prabhu and C. N. Patel assisted Swaminathan.

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 * First ten volumes.

The Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, Delhi:

Vol. I - 1958

Vol. II - 1959 Vol. II - 1960 Vol. IV - 1960 Vol. V - 1961 Vol. VI - 1961 Vol. VII - 1962 Vol. VIII - 1962 Vol. IX - 1963 Vol. X - 1963

Contents
The editors and the advisory board decided to (1) reproduce Gandhiji's words as they are; (2) incorporate his authentic speeches, interviews, and conversations; and (3) include other material when found. Thus, the first ninety volumes of this work consist of Gandhi's writings, speeches, letters, interviews, and notes in chronological order; next seven volumes, also known as supplementary volumes, consist of his writing discovered later; and the last three volumes include index of subjects, index of persons and a volume containing prefaces to the set.

Digital edition
digitised.

Translation
Sumitra Gandhi Kulkarni, former member of Rajya Sabha and grand daughter of Gandhi, released three volumes of Kannada translation in 2012 as Gandhi Kruthi Sanchaya. The Kannada translation project was supported by the Government of Karnataka.

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