1. Gandhi and Mass Nationalism
Gandhi India

2. Pre-Gandhian Indian Politics
Two Domains of Politics
i) Subaltern Domain
ii) Organized Constitutional Domain
Two Trends within Organized Domain
i) Civic Nationalism: Moderate Congress
ii) Ethno-Religious Nationalism: Hindu Nationalism and Muslim League led Nationalism

3. First World War and Changing Nature of Indian Politics
Rise of Indian Industries and Economic Nationalism
Emergence urban Working Classes and Labor Unrest
Economic Crisis and Peasant Discontent
Global Experience of Indian Soldiers
Congress-Muslim League Unity of 1916 and Pan Islamism
Revolutionary Trends
Expectations of Reform and Home Rule League Movement

4. Gandhi in South Africa (1893-1915)
Training In England
Professional Indian with deeper sensitivities to Racial Insults
Fight for the rights of Indian Settlers, primarily Gujarat Muslim Traders
Internal Transformation and Philosophy of Ahimsa (Non Violence)
The Idea of Satyagraha
External transformation from British educated Barrister to Indian Mendicant Symbolizing Peasant Simplicity

5. Gandhi’s Return to India
Gandhi’s all India Appeal
Gandhi’s new technique of controlled mass action and impressive display of public action to attract masses
Gandhi’ s Silence and his aloofness from the Indian National Congress
His travel into India for a year : a voyage of discovery

6. Peasant and Workers’ Movements
Champaran Satyagraha in Bihar in 1917
Kheda Movement in Gujarat in March 1918
Patidar Peasant network and Gandhi’s attempt to consolidate peasant support base
Ahmedabad strike among mill workers in March 1918
Rowlatt Act and Opposition to the Act
All India strike on 30 March and later postponed to 6 April
Gandhi’s connection with Pan-Islamic Groups and Khilafat issue
Punjab Rebellion and Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre.
Gandhi emerging as all India Leader
Rumor of the coming of Mahatma ( Great Soul)

7. Gandhi’s emergence as a leader
Role of Rumor
Image of Mahatma
Millenarian hopes among peasants and economic hardship
Gandhi as the bridge between constitutional and mass politics
United Front Strategy
A symbol of hope