Before Mahatma Gandhi became the face of Indian independence, he was a painfully shy law student in London who could barely speak in court. His early legal career was a string of humiliations, and nothing about the young Mohandas suggested he would one day mobilize hundreds of millions and force the world's largest empire to its knees.

This episode traces Gandhi's transformation from tongue-tied barrister to architect of nonviolent resistance — following his formative years in South Africa, his return to India, and the campaigns that redefined protest and inspired liberation movements worldwide.

• Gandhi's early failures as a lawyer and the racial humiliation that radicalized him
• How he developed satyagraha — the philosophy of nonviolent civil disobedience
• The Salt March and landmark campaigns that galvanized the in ...