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Birth
This is when Gandhi was born -
Got Married
Gandhi and Kasturbai are married. -
Death of Karamchand
Death of Karamchand Gandhi, Gandhi's father -
Study Law at England
Gandhi leaves for England to study law -
fails at lawyer in India.
Gandhi fails as a lawyer in India. to 1993 -
Try Lawsuit in South Africa
Gandhi accepts commission to spend a year in South Africa advising on a lawsuit. -
Stays in South Africa
Gandhi elects to stay on South Africa, and founds the Natal Indian Congress. -
Returns to India
Gandhi returns to India to collect his wife and children. -
Heads back to South Africa
Gandhi returns to South Africa with his family. -
British Ambulance
Outbreak of Boer War (1899-1901) in South Africa. Gandhi organizes an ambulance corps for the British -
ending his sexual activity
·Gandhi struggles toward Brahmacharya, or celibacy, finally ending his sexual activity in 1906. -
Prison
·Gandhi is arrested and sentenced to two months in prison. -
Back to jail
Gandhi is arrested again, spends a month in jail. -
Moutbatten
Lord Mountbatten arrives in India and hammers out agreement for independence and partition. -
India nationalist leaders
·Gandhi returns to India to attend the Indian National Congress. G.K. Gokhale introduces him to nationalist leaders.