Talat Ahmed is Lecturer in South Asian History at the University of Edinburgh. She is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the author of Mohandas Gandhi: Experiments in Civil Disobedience (Pluto, 2018) and of a study of the All-India Progressive Writers' Association entitled Literature and Politics in the Age of Nationalism: The Progressive Episode in South Asia, 1932-56 (Routledge, 2009).

• Illustrations Acknowledgements Glossary Maps Introduction 1. Early Life: 1869–93 2. South Africa and the Birth of Satyagraha: 1893–1915 3. The Champion of the Oppressed Returns: 1915–19 4. Nationalist Leader: 1919–29 5. Global Icon: 1929–39 6. Fascism, War, Independence and Partition: 1939–48 Conclusion: Assassination and Legacy Notes Index

'Cuts through the extensive literature on Gandhi to produce a vibrant portrait of a world historical figure ... avoiding a simplistic judgement on this vastly important man for India's national struggle'

Talat Ahmed is Lecturer in South Asian History at the University of Edinburgh. She is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the author of Mohandas Gandhi: Experiments in Civil Disobedience (Pluto, 2018) and of a study of the All-India Progressive Writers' Association entitled Literature and Politics in the Age of Nationalism: The Progressive Episode in South Asia, 1932-56 (Routledge, 2009).

• Illustrations Acknowledgements Glossary Maps Introduction 1. Early Life: 1869–93 2. South Africa and the Birth of Satyagraha: 1893–1915 3. The Champion of the Oppressed Returns: 1915–19 4. Nationalist Leader: 1919–29 5. Global Icon: 1929–39 6. Fascism, War, Independence and Partition: 1939–48 Conclusion: Assassination and Legacy Notes Index

'Cuts through the extensive literature on Gandhi to produce a vibrant portrait of a world historical figure ... avoiding a simplistic judgement on this vastly important man for India's national struggle'

Talat Ahmed is Lecturer in South Asian History at the University of Edinburgh. She is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the author of Mohandas Gandhi: Experiments in Civil Disobedience (Pluto, 2018) and of a study of the All-India Progressive Writers' Association entitled Literature and Politics in the Age of Nationalism: The Progressive Episode in South Asia, 1932-56 (Routledge, 2009).

• Illustrations Acknowledgements Glossary Maps Introduction 1. Early Life: 1869–93 2. South Africa and the Birth of Satyagraha: 1893–1915 3. The Champion of the Oppressed Returns: 1915–19 4. Nationalist Leader: 1919–29 5. Global Icon: 1929–39 6. Fascism, War, Independence and Partition: 1939–48 Conclusion: Assassination and Legacy Notes Index

'Cuts through the extensive literature on Gandhi to produce a vibrant portrait of a world historical figure ... avoiding a simplistic judgement on this vastly important man for India's national struggle'