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Birth
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in the town of Porbander in the state of what is now Gujarat on 2 October 1869. -
Leaves for England
Gandhi leaves for England to study law -
Lawer
Gandhi does not do well as a lawyer in India -
National Congress
Ganhdi attended the Indian National Congress. G.K. Gokhale introduces him to nationalist leaders. -
Prison
Gandhi is arrested and sentenced to two months in prison. -
U.K.
Gandhi travels to London, pushing for rights of South African Indians. The Transvaal registration law is repealed -
Nationalist Protest
Nationalists hold a hartal, or day of fasting and prayer, in protest of the Rowlatt Act, which drastically curtails civil liberties in India -
D.I.I.
Gandhi publishes the Declaration of Independence of India -
Salt Laws
Gandhi has to go to jail for breaking India's Salt Laws -
Sea March
Gandhi leads his Salt March to the sea -
Brittish
The Indian National Congress rejects the Cripps proposal, and declares it will grant its support for the British war effort only in return for independence -
Bombay
Gandhi visits Muhammed Ali Jinnah in Bombay, but is unable to work out an agreement that will keep India whole -
Ganhdis wife
Gandhi's wife dies at age seventy-four -
Living on a Prayer
Gandhi is killed at a prayer meeting in Dehli -
Chaos
India dissolves into chaos and killings, as Hindus and Muslims flee for the borders of India and Pakistan
