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Autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru

"Toward Freedom" redirects here. For the Iranian film, see Toward Freedom (film).

An Autobiography, also known as Toward Freedom (), is an autobiographical book written by Jawaharlal Nehru while he was in prison between June and February , and before he became the first Prime Minister of India.

The first edition was published in by John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd, London, and has since been through more than 12 editions and translated into more than 30 languages. It has 68 chapters over pages and is published by Penguin Books India.

Publication

Besides the postscript and a few small changes, Nehru wrote the biography between June and February , and while entirely in prison.^[1]

The first edition was published in and has since been through more than 12 editions and translated into more than 30 languages.^[2][3][4]

An additional chapter titled 'Five years later', was i