Gandhi in a timeline

Gandhi is born

Oct 2, 1869

Mohandas Gandhi was born October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India. Hie was born to Putlibai Gandhi & Karamchand Gandhi.

arranged child marriage

May 15, 1883

At the age of thirteen, Gandhi was married Kasturbai Makhanji, who was fourteen years old. Arranged child marriage was the custom of the reigon. Because of the marriage, Gandhi miss a year of school.

Gandhi moves to England

Nov 15, 1888

Gandhi moved to London, England in 1888 to study law. This is important since he'd return in 1891 to practice law. In 1903, he opens a law office in Johannesberg, South Africa.

Gandhi becomes a legal adviser

Nov 1, 1892

Daba Abdulla, a business man from Indian, offers Gandhi a job as a legal adviser. Gandhi accepts.

Gandhi establishes the NIC

May 22, 1894

Gandhi establishes the NIC, the National Indian Congress in South Africa. The NIC was established to fight discrimination in South Africa.

Gandhi is arrested

Jan 11, 1908

Gandhi was sentenced to two months in jail. Later the same year, he's arrested again and spends another month in prison. These are only a few of the arrestes in his lifetime.

Gandhi returns to England

Jul 18, 1914

Gandhi spent twenty one years in South Africa, developing political veiws and leadership skills. Gandhi finally sails back to England in 1914.

Gandhi is Arrested for Sedition

Mar 10, 1922

Gandhi is aarrested for speaking agani the British publically. This is one of Gandhi's many arrestes.

start of the Salt March

Mar 12, 1930

Gandhi and others begin to march to the ocean, trying to amend the British salt tax.

end of Salt March, Gandhi gets arrested

May 5, 1931

Gandhi others are arrested for particpating in the Salt March. The salt march was a nonviolent protest against Britain's salt monoploy.

Gandhi visits Jinnah

Jun 1, 1944

Gandhi visited with Muhammed Ali Jinnah, the president of the Musilim league, in Bombay. They could not come to an agreement to keep India together.

India splits into two nations

Aug 15, 1947

India is split into two nations, India and Pakistan. Gandhi was against the parting of India, he thought a united India would be stronger.

start of the fast

Jan 14, 1948

Gandhi fasted in protest of violence. It lasted four days.

end of the fast

Jan 18, 1948

Representitives convince Gandhi to end the fasting. He was becoming too weak and frail.

Gandhi dies

Jan 30, 1948

Gandhi is assisnated on January 30, 1948 by Nathuram Godse at a prayer meeting in Dehli. Godse assassinated him for being too sypathetic towards Muslims.