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Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India. -
Gandhi got married to Kasturbai at the age of 13. -
Gandhi left home at the age of 19 to study law in London at the Inner Temple. -
When Gandhi returned, he decided to set up a law practice in Bombay. He had very little success -
In 1906 Gandhi organized a protest against the Transvaal Asiatic ordinance that was constituted against the local Indians. -
In 1919, Gandhi became a leader in the Indian National Congress political party. -
Gandhi launched a noncooperation campaign against Britain. This campaign urged Indians to spin their own cotton, and to boycott British goods, government, and courts. -
Gandhi was arrested because of the civil disobedience in 1920-1922. From March 10, 1922- January 1924 Gandhi remained in jail. -
Gandhi led many of Indians, almost thousands, on a 200-mile march to the sea to collect their own salt. He was arrested again for the second time. -
Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu extremist.