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Born in:
Porbandar, Kathiawar,
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His first known photo when he was only 7 years old
At the age of seven, he went to Rajkot with his family. At school he showed signs of intelligence. -
He contracted a marriage with
Kasturba Makharji who had four sons named:
Harilal, Manilal, Ramdas, Devdas. -
First trip to England
To study law in London and returned three years later to his homeland to practice as a lawyer. -
He returned to India
To practice his profession, and obtained the title of Lawyer. -
Moves to Durban (South Africa)
Where a company hired him as a lawyer. There he quickly became interested in the situation of his Indian compatriots. Soon he felt the discrimination on his own skin. While traveling by train in South Africa, several events made the racism in the country even more evident. This caused Gandhi to begin to worry about racial discrimination. -
After protesting against an unfair tax
The South African authorities backed down and it was seen as a great victory for the Indian people. -
His return to India
The fight for the rights of the Indian community in South Africa was seen as an act of heroism. At once all of India knew who Mahatma Gandhi was.
The Gandhi who returned was a completely different one from the one who left. He abandoned Western clothing for that of his country. With this, he adopted the traditional Indian customs and lifestyle.
During the first years of his return, Gandhi and his family traveled throughout India. -
Manifests alongside Great Britain in WWI
However, he soon went on to lead the opposition against the British upon learning of the Rowlatt Bill. The Rowlatt Act denied civil rights to Indians. Aware of this, Gandhi began a series of protests during these years that led to the English authorities detaining him. -
Civil disobedience
Mahatma Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison. He was released two years later, after being diagnosed with appendicitis. Upon his release from prison, the Congress Party had split. Furthermore, the unity between the Hindus and the Muslims had disappeared. Faced with this situation, Gandhi retired from politics and lived as an anchorite, apart from the rest of civilization. -
March The Salt
Gandhi launched a new campaign of civil disobedience known as the Salt March. This campaign aimed to declare the independence of India in a symbolic way.
After 24 days of pilgrimage and more than 300 kilometers behind him, Gandhi reached the coastal town of Dandi. There, he scooped up salt water in his hands in a gesture of defiance of the salt monopoly. The Indians were forbidden to collect it themselves and had to pay a high price for it. -
London Conference
Where he claimed the independence of India. He leaned in favor of the right of the Congress party and had conflicts with his disciple Nehru, who represented the left. -
Start a Hunger Strike
Three weeks to protest the British government's oppression in India.
But Gandhi did not go on a hunger strike throughout his peaceful struggle for the liberation of India: he did seventeen.
The Indian leader used the hunger strike as a method of non-violent resistance in the many arrests by the British Empire. -
Gandhi and his Wife
They were deprived of their liberty and placed under house arrest in the Palace of the Aga Khan, where she died in 1944,2 while he was fasting for twenty-one days -
Indian Independence
As well as with the invasion of British India by the Indian National Army commanded by Subbash Chandra Bose during World War II. Independence was finally achieved on August 15, 1947. -
Killed by a fanatic
He dies at the age of 78. His ashes were thrown into the Ganges River.
