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Birth
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, a coastal town in present-day Gujarat, India. His parents were Karamchand and Putlibai Gandhi. -
Gandhi moves with his family to Rajkot, India
Gandhi moves to Rajkot, India. This is also where he attends primary school and high school. -
Gandi gets married
At the age of 13, Gandhi marrys 14 year old Kasturba Makanji in an arranged child marriage. -
Gandhi leaves for London to study Law
Less than a month shy of his 19th birthday, Gandhi traveled to London, England, to study law at University College London and to train as a barrister. In 1891 he passed the law examination. -
Gandhi returns to India from London
Gandhi sails back to India after passing the Bar, and continues practicing law. -
Gandhi accepts a job in South Africa
Gandhi was 24 when he arrived in South Africa in 1893. He worked under a year-long contract with Dada Abdulla & Co., an Indian Firm, and was faced with discrimination there. -
Gandhi Introduces Non-Violent Protest Philosophy
Gandhi organizes his first protest against anti-Indian laws in South Africa.At the onset of the South African War, Gandhi argued that Indians must support the war effort in order to legitimize their claims to full citizenship. In 1906, the Transvaal government made a new Act compelling registration of the colony's Indian population.Gandhi adopted his method of non-violent protest, for the first time, calling on his fellow Indians to defy the new law and suffer the punishments for doing so. -
Gandhi is arrested
Gandhi is arrested for the first time, for refusing to carry an obligatory ID card in South Africa.The following month he was released after an understanding seemed to have been reached with the government. A few days later, he was beaten up and severely injured by a compatriot, who accused him of betraying the Indian cause. -
Gandhi returns to India
Gandhi receives Hero's Welcome upon returning to India from South Africa. He spoke at the conventions of the Indian National Congress. -
Gandhi is given exclusive authority over the Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress gave Gandhi authority to launch a mass movement. His plan was to launch civil disobedience in one district; if it succeeded he proposed to extend it to the adjacent districts, and so on, until the whole of India was liberated. But he gave a clear warning that if violence broke out in any form in any part of the country, the movement would lose its character as a movement of peace. -
Gandhi is arrested a second time
Gandhi is arrested by the British Government on charges of inciting violence at Chauri Chaura. He plead guilty and was sentenced to six years of imprisonment. -
Gandhi begins the Salt March
The Salt Satyagraha was a campaign of nonviolent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India which began with the Salt March to Dandi to produce salt without paying the tax, with growing numbers of Indians joining him along the way. -
Gandhi arrives in Dandi, concluding the Salt March
They set out on foot for the coastal village of Dandi, Gujarat, 390 kilometres from their starting point of Sabarmati Ashram. About 100,000 others joined in the march also. -
Gandhi fasts to protest treatment of Untouchables
Gandhi begins 6 day fast to protest separate elections for Untouchables. -
Gandhi begins the nationwide "Quit India" movement
The All India Congress Committee Launches the Quit India movement, a civil disobedience movement launched in India in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence. The next day, they were arrested. -
Ganhi is assassinated
Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse. Gandhi was outside on the steps of a building where a prayer meeting was going to take place. He was surrounded by a part of his family and some followers when three gunshots killed him.
