This, the first biography of Gandhi ji, was written when he was in South Africa, fighting for human rights for the Indian settlers. The material contained in the book was first published in The London Indian Chronicle in 1909. The author Rev. Joseph J. Doke, came to be closely associated with Gandhi ji in South Africa. He was a minister of the Johannesberg Baptist Church at the time when Gandhi ji lauched his agitation against the South African Government in 1908. The Author's intimate knowleadge of gandhi ji's personality and his activities lends particular value and authenticity to his biography.