The definitive life of one of the most remarkable figures of the 20th century. In this fascinating new biography Ramachandra Guha allows us to understand the personality & politics of Mohandas Gandhi as never before. Showing that Gandhi`s ideas were fundamentally shaped before his return to India in 1915, Gandhi Before India is an extraordinarily vivid portrait of the formative years he spent in England & South Africa, where he developed the techniques that would undermine & ultimately destroy the British Empire. Drawing on many new sources located in archives across four continents, Guha sensitively explores the many facets of Gandhi`s life & struggles. This is the biography of the year.