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Gandhi's Birth
on 2 october 1869 gandhi was born in Porbandar, India -
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Gandhi's life time
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Gandhi begins primary school in Rajkot
there is no any excat date given but he started school in 1876 -
Mohandes Gandhi Enters High School in Rajkot
there is no excact date but the event was in 1881 -
Gandhi's Marriage
At the age of 13, Gandhi marries 14 year-old Kasturbai Makhanji. Following the customs of their region, the children are part of an arranged marriage. They will have four children together. -
Gandhi goes to London to enter law school
Gandhi begins studies at University College London. He studies Indian law and also joins the Vegetarian Society while there. Gandhi avoids eating meat or drinking alcohol throughout his life. -
Gandhi goes to South Africa to work for a Muslim Indian law firm
After completing his studies, Gandhi returns to India to start a law practice in Bombay. However, too shy to speak up in court, Gandhi's attempts to be a lawyer fail and he accepts various other jobs in legal firms. -
Gandhi decides to stay in South Africa.
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. -
Gandhi is Arrested for the First Time
On This Day: Gandhi Imprisoned for Civil Disobedience. On March 18, 1922, a British colonial court convicted Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi of sedition after a protest march led to violence. He was sentenced to six years. -
Gandhi returns to India to start his career as a lawyer
After completing his studies, Gandhi returns to India to start a law practice in Bombay. However, too shy to speak up in court, Gandhi's attempts to be a lawyer fail and he accepts various other jobs in legal firms. -
leadership of congress
there is no excat date but it was in the 1920s -
Declaration of the Independence of India
The Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self-rule apart from the British Empire. -
Salt March
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. -
End of the salt march
The Salt March, also known as the Dandi March and the Salt Satyagraha, was an act of civil disobedience
it started march 12 1930 and ended april 6 1930 -
Gandhi is Arrested again
World War II broke out in 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Initially, Gandhi had favored offering "non-violent moral support" to the British effort, but other Congressional leaders were offended by the unilateral inclusion of India into the war, without consultation of the people's representatives. -
Great Britain grants India and Pakistan their independence.
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. -
Assassination of Gandhi
Gandhi is approached by Nathuram Vinayuk Godse, a Hindu nationalist. Gandhi blesses him and the man then shoots and kills him for being too sympathetic to the Muslims. Godse is wrong in his belief that killing Gandhi will lead to war that will eliminate Muslims. Instead, mourning over Gandhi's death leads to peace.
