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Birth:
Porbandar, India británica -
Marriage:
At the age of thirteen his parents arranged his marriage to Kasturba Makharji, of the same age and caste, with whom he had four children. -
College:
He barely managed to pass the University of Mumbai entrance exam, enrolling at the Samaldas School in Bhavnagar. -
Work in south africa:
He accepted a one-year employment contract with an Indian company operating in Natal, South Africa. -
Founder:
He extended his stay in this country, founding the Indian Party of the Natal Congress. -
Return:
Gandhi returned to India for a brief period to take his wife and children to South Africa. Upon his return, a group of white men attacked him and tried to lynch him. -
Law that required all Indians to register:
This led to a massive protest in Johannesburg, where Gandhi first adopted the platform called satyagraha, which consisted of a non-violent protest. -
Back to India again:
At this time he had already changed his habits and lifestyle adopting the more traditional ones of India. At first he tried to launch a new newspaper and practice law, but was dissuaded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, who convinced him to pursue work of greater national importance. -
March:
He starred in an important non-violent protest, known as the salt march (salt satiagraha), which would inspire movements such as that of the American Martin Luther King. -
Death:
As Gandhi was on his way to a prayer meeting, he was assassinated at Birla Bhavan (Birla House) in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu radical apparently related to far-right groups in India, such as the Hindu Hahasabha party, who accused him of weakening the new government with its insistence that the money promised to Pakistan be paid.
