# Sir Pherozeshah Mehta — The Story of My Experiments with Truth character guide

> Sir Pherozeshah Mehta in The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, Pherozeshah Mehta, Sir Pherozeshah

**First appearance:** 0054-part-ii-xxvii-the-bombay-meeting

## Snapshot

Bombay's formidable lawyer-politician whose name becomes a measuring stick Gandhi must learn not to measure himself against.

## Who they are

Pherozeshah Mehta looms over Gandhi's early Bombay years as the gold standard of legal brilliance — the man whose acumen, memory, and ability seem to make an ordinary career impossible. When a kindly Englishman tells the anxious young barrister that Pherozeshahs are rare and honesty plus industry will suffice, Mehta becomes less a rival than a relief. His distant eminence frames Gandhi's quiet discovery that greatness need not be his model.

## In the story

### [My Helplessness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-i-xxv-my-helplessness)

Mentioned as a lion in law courts, setting a high standard that Gandhi feels unable to match.

### [The First Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-ii-iii-the-first-case)

Mentioned as a legal stalwart with profound knowledge of law.

### [The First Shock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-ii-iv-the-first-shock)

Advises Gandhi to tear up his protest note and accept the insult, warning that proceeding against the officer would ruin him.

### [Two Passions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-ii-xxvi-two-passions)

Gandhi meets him for guidance; he is described as the 'Lion of Bombay' and agrees to help by calling a public meeting.

### [The Bombay Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-ii-xxvii-the-bombay-meeting)

Instructs Gandhi to write out his speech and encourages him during the meeting.

### [Poona and Madras](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-ii-xxviii-poona-and-madras)

Mentioned as having made Gandhi's way easy in Bombay, compared to the Himalaya.

### [The Calm After the Storm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-iii-iv-the-calm-after-the-storm)

Credited with advising Gandhi to deliver only written speeches in India, which helped refute charges.

### [In India Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-iii-xiii-in-india-again)

Travels with Gandhi in his special saloon; expresses pessimism about achieving rights in India and the colonies.

### [In the Congress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-iii-xv-in-the-congress)

As a senior leader, he agrees to admit Gandhi's resolution and presides over the committee's rushed proceedings.

### [Settled in Bombay?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_my_experiments_with_truth_se/chapters/part-iii-xxi-settled-in-bombay)

Mentioned as a successful barrister whose mastery of the Evidence Act inspired Gandhi.

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