Mahatma Gandhi

Birth:

Feb 9, 1869

Porbandar, India británica

Marriage:

1882

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:

1887

He barely managed to pass the University of Mumbai entrance exam, enrolling at the Samaldas School in Bhavnagar.

Work in south africa:

1893

He accepted a one-year employment contract with an Indian company operating in Natal, South Africa.

Founder:

1894

He extended his stay in this country, founding the Indian Party of the Natal Congress.

Return:

1897

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:

1906

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:

1915

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:

1930

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:

Jan 30, 1948

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.