Today, India is the world’s largest democracy.
And it owes its independence to one man ? Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi is ordinarily recognized as a champion of the poor and lower classes, but was actually born into a middle class family in India, and was educated in England, receiving his law degree there. If he had chosen, he perhaps could have lived a very comfortable life as a lawyer. But Gandhi, having witnessed discrimination first hand, chose a different path ? and the path of history changed.

Gandhi’s life is an inspiration to all of us. He achieved revolutionary changes through peaceful means and led by example. Young readers of this illustrated biography of one of the world’s greatest leaders will learn how the efforts of one humble man can affect enormous change.

The book contains a timeline of Gandhi’s life and key historical events of the time.