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Gandhi's born
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Gandhi's Life
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Gandhi leaves for England to study law.
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Gandhi accepts commission to spend a year in South Africa advising on a lawsuit.
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Gandhi returns to South Africa with his family.
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Outbreak of Boer War (1899-1901) in South Africa. Gandhi organizes an ambulance corps for the British.
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Gandhi is arrested and sentenced to two months in prison.
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Gandhi is arrested again, spends a month in jail.
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Gandhi sails to England.
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Gandhi returns home to India, and receives a hero's welcome.
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Gandhi remains in prison.
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Gandhi leads his Salt March to the sea.
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Gandhi is arrested for sedition, and held without a trial.
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World War II begins, lasting until 1945.
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Congress leaders are arrested; Gandhi is imprisoned in the Aga Khan's palace
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British Cabinet Mission publishes proposal for an Indian state, without partition; Jinnah and the Muslim League reject the proposal.
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ndian independence becomes official, as does the partition into two countries, India and Pakistan
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Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Vinayuk Godse, a Hindu nationalist.
