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Gandhi is born in Porbandar on the northwest coast of India.
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The day he is due to return to India, Gandhi learns about a bill that would deny Indians the right to vote. With no opposition to it, Gandhi's friends convince him to stay for another month to fight the bill. Gandhi ends up staying in South Africa for 20 years.
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After completing his studies, Gandhi returns to India to start a law practice in Bombay.
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At the age of 13, Gandhi marries 14 year-old Kasturbai Makhanji. In an arranged marriage
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He goes to south africa because of his firm and finds out indians are discriminated
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When the Transvaal government announces that all Indians must register and produce identification on demand or risk deportation, Gandhi asks Indians to peacefully resist.
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Among the first to see the court magistrate for his refusal to register with the government in South Africa, Gandhi is arrested.
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The Greeeat war starts
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Having returned to India as a hero in 1915, Gandhi leads the movement to break away from Great Britain. He publishes the Declaration of Independence of India, representing the Indian National Congress, and makes his case for Indian independence.
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Forced to buy salt only from Britain, Gandhi protests the monopoly by leading the Salt March from Sabermanti to the Arabian Sea, 240 miles away. Gandhi led tens of thousands of people by the time they reached the sea, where they defied the law by making their own salt. Protests break out all across India and 60,000 are arrested, including Gandhi.
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Calling it the "noblest act of the British nation," Gandhi celebrates India's independence from England. Unfortunately, the celebration does not last when hundreds of thousands of people die as the result of violence between the Muslims of Pakistan and the Hindus of India.
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Gandhi is shot and killed
