Machine generated contents note: 1 The Mahatma: Background and Boyhood -- 2 Growing Pains -- 3 Law Student in London -- 4 Briefless Barrister -- 5 Unwelcome Visitor -- 6 Exposure to Christianity -- 7 Emerging Leader -- 8 The Green Pamphlet -- 9 Self-reliance and War -- 10 Indian Interlude -- 11 Phoenix -- 12 Brahmacharya -- 13 A Mission to London -- 14 Birth of Satyagraha -- 15 The Petitioner and the Terrorists -- 16 The New Outlook -- 17 Tolstoy Farm -- 18 Glimmer of Hope -- 19 Satyagraha: A Moral Victory -- 20 The Moderates and the Extremists -- 21 Return of the Native -- 22 A Speech to Remember -- 23 The Stain of Indigo -- 24 Sabarmati -- 25 Massacre -- 26 Leader of the Nation -- 27 The Great Trial -- 28 The 'Silent' Years -- 29 A Pinch of Salt Rocks an Empire -- 30 Truce -- 31 Round Table Conference -- 32 Crusade Against Untouchability -- 33 In Turmoil -- 34 The Rift Widens -- 35 Subhas Chandra Bose -- 36 Descent into War -- 37 'Quit India' Movement -- 38 Detention in the Aga Khan Palace -- 39 India in Suspense -- 40 The Cabinet Mission -- 41 The Ordeal of Noakhali -- 42 Vivisection -- 43 Calcutta -- 44 Anguished Refugees -- 45 The Last Fast -- 46 Message to Congress -- 47 The Last Journey -- 48 The Hatching of the Plot -- 49 A Permissive Assassination -- 50 The Judicial Verdict -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Chapter Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index.