Few public figures of the 20th century were — and remain — as instantly recognizable to literally billions of people around the globe as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948). Albert ...

Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869-1948), Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, leading the Salt March in protest against the government monopoly on salt production.

And on and on and on. Bourke-White was also, it turns out, a friend to—as well as a close chronicler of the extraordinary life of—Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.