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Gandhi Timeline

  • Birth

    Birth
    Gandhi was born in Porbandar India. Gandhi’s family belonged to the Vaisya Hindu merchant caste.
  • Gandhi Goes To Study Law

    Gandhi Goes To Study Law
    Gandhi leaves to study law. To do this he goes to UCL Faculty of Law.
  • Founding Natal Indian Congress

    Founding Natal Indian Congress
    The Natal Indian Congress was founded to help fight for Indian rights. Even after this Gandhi still stayed loyal to the British.
  • The Boer War

    The Boer War
    Gandhi organizes an ambulance corps. This time he served the African government and not the British.
  • Peaceful Revolution Begins

    Peaceful Revolution Begins
    Gandhi declares he would rather go to jail, or even die, before abiding to an anti-Asian law. Thousands joined Gandhi in his civil disobedience campaign.
  • Gandhi: Leader Of The Indian National Congress Political Party

    Gandhi: Leader Of The Indian National Congress Political Party
    After being imprisoned twice for his work Gandhi was even more recognized and was chosen to be the leader of the Indian National Congress. This gained him more followers and the work he did made bigger and bigger impressions on the British and Indians.
  • Noncooperation Campaign

    Noncooperation Campaign
    A campaign is launched against Britain to boycott British goods, government, and courts. Gandhi urges Indians to spin their own cotton, and do things that don’t require paying and supporting British.
  • Salt March

    Salt March
    Gandhi leads many Indians on a 200-mile march to collect their own salt from the sea. Gandhi was jailed after this.
  • India wins Independence

    India wins Independence
    The subcontinent of India splits into two countries. These countries are India and Pakistan. This split brought Muslim-Hindu riots.
  • Death

    Death
    Gandhi was killed by a Hindu on his way to Delhi. The Hindu was enraged by the attempts to reconcile Hindus and Muslims.