A Letter to a Hindu
by Leo Tolstoy
- Reading level
- Fairly demanding
- Price
- Free
About the book
"A Letter to a Hindu" by Leo Tolstoy is a letter written in 1908 in response to an Indian activist seeking support for independence from colonial rule. Tolstoy argues that only through the principle of love and nonviolent resistance could India gain freedom. The letter prompted young Mohandas Gandhi to reach out to Tolstoy for guidance, profoundly influencing Gandhi's philosophy of peaceful protest that would eventually lead to Indian independence in 1947.
- Evil, Non-resistance to
- Government, Resistance to
- National characteristics, East Indian
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #7176. A Letter to a Hindu on Wikipedia.
