Mahatma Gandhi

By Eugenio Caballero

  • Begining of the Rebelion

    The 3rd Light Cavalry of the British East India Company's army rebels against its British officers, thus beginning the rebellion.

  • Indian Rebellion

    British troops retake Lucknow. Later, peace treaty to end the Indian Rebellion

  • Birth of Gandhi

    Gandhi is born

  • Indian Lawyers

    72 Indian lawyers, academics and journalists gather in Bombay to form the Congress Party.

  • Revolts in South Africa

    Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa.

  • Amristar Massacre

    Amritsar Massacre: British and Gurkha troops massacre 379 Sikhs at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in the Punjab Province (British India).

  • Non-Cooperation

    Gandhi calls for a non-cooperation across India

  • Salt March

    Mahatma Gandhi informs the British viceroy of India that civil disobedience will begin the following week. Mahatma Gandhi sets off on a 200-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest at the British monopoly on salt; more will join them during the Salt March. In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks the Salt laws of British India by making salt by the sea at the end of the Salt March. Mahatma Gandhi is re-arrested.

  • Hindu Pakistani exchange

    Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru suggests the exchange of four million Hindus and Muslims between India and Pakistan.

  • Fast

    Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi to stop communal violence during the Partition of India.

  • Death

    Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated