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He was born on the 2nd day of October in 1869. Gandhi’s birth occurred in Porbandar, India. -
Gandhi married Kasturbai Makhanji Kapadia when he was 13 years old. His wife was 14 at the time. -
Karamchand Gandhi, father of Mahatma/Mohandas Gandhi, dies. Karamchand lived to be 63 years old. -
Gandhi leaves India to study law and become a barrister in England. He was educated at Inner Temple in London. -
Because Gandhi failed as a lawyer in the early 1890’s, he accepts a commission to spend a year in South Africa. His job is to advise lawsuits. -
Gandhi chooses to stay in South Africa and founds the Natal Indian Congress. The NIC’s mission is to fight against discrimination against Indians in South Africa. -
Gandhi goes to India to take his family to South Africa. He stays in India for 7 months. -
War rages through South Africa. Gandhi organizes an ambulance crops of the British. -
The Boer Republic Transvaal, now under the control of the British, attempts to register all Indians as members. Gandhi and others refuse to register. -
Gandhi is arrested for his nonviolent protests. He is sentenced to two months in prison. -
Gandhi goes to jail for one month. Again, it is because of his protesting. -
Indians in Natal and Transvaal march peacefully in protest of a racist poll tax and marriage laws. The marches continue through the winter. -
Gandhi is arrested for sedition. He remains in prison for 22 months. -
Gandhi published the Declaration of Independence of India. India becomes its own country. -
Gandhi leads his Salt March to the sea. The Salt March became one of his most famous acts of protest -
Gandhi was killed by Nathuram Vinayuk Godse. Godse was a Hindu nationalist