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Birth
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar. -
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Life of Gandhi
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Marriage
Gandhi gets married to Kasturbai through an arranged marriage. -
Law School
Gandhi leaves for England to study law. -
South Africa
Gandhi goes to South Africa to advise on a lawsuit for a year. While there, in spring of 1894, he founded the Natal Indian Congress. -
Satyagraha
Gandhi refuses to register to the Boer Republic Transvaal, which was under control by the British. Gandhi along with others resist and it marks the first use of nonviolent non-cooperation by the Indians in South Africa, it became known as Satyagraha, which means "soul force." -
Gandhi goes to Jail
Gandhi gets arrested for refusing to cooperate with the Boer Republic Transvaal and spends two months in prison. -
Amritsar Massacre
British General Dyer commands his troops to slaughter Indians that were peacefully gathered for a festival. -
Nonviolent Resistence
Gandhi calls for a period of noncooperation to the British across India. He is later arrested for sedition and spends approximately 2 years in prison. -
Declaration of Independence
Gandhi published the Declaration of Independence for India from the British. -
Salt March
Gandhi leads people to the sea to collect their own salt because the law forbid Indians to make their own salt and the tax on imported salt was high. The march took 24 days and thousands of people joined. About 50,000 people were arrested including Gandhi. -
Fasting
Gandhi fasts in prison for 5 days to try to better the treatment of the "untouchables." -
Indian National Congress
The INC declares that it will only support the British War effort in WWII if they return with Indian independence.Gandhi is again imprisoned. -
Gandhi visits Muhammed Ali Jinnah
Gandhi tries to make an agreement to keep India whole after independence, but is unsuccessful. The Bristish will only allow Indian independence without partition, but the Muslims reject. -
Indian independence
India is officially independent, but is separated into two countries, Pakistan and India. -
Fighting between Hindus and Muslims
Hindus and Muslims cause chaos and murders. Hindus migrate to India and Muslims migrate to Pakistan. -
Gandhi's Death
Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Vinayuk Godse, a Hindu nationalist. Nearly a million people attended his funeral.
