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Birth
He was born on October 2, in Porbandar, India, his full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi -
Gandhi marries
At the age of 13, Gandhi married Kasturba, a girl his own age. The Mahatma Gandhi marriage was arranged by his parents. The Gandhi had four children -
Study law in London
In the studios, Mahatma didn't stand out either. He managed to pass the university entrance exam with great effort. Soon after, he moved to England to study law in London in 1888 -
Appearance of his first book
It is an important Hindu sacred text. It is considered one of the most important religious classics in the world -
Receive the qualifier of Mahatma
The British authorities arrested thousands of people and Gandhi, now in his 70s, spent two years in prison. In the midst of the struggle for the independence of his country and to spread the movement of non-violence, the poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore baptized him as Mahatma, which means “great soul” in Hindi. -
He is elected president of the congress
Since the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress led the Indian independence movement, with around 15 million people participating in the organization and another 70 million supporting the fight against the oppression of the British Empire in the country -
He is arrested for inciting rebellion
Aware of this, Gandhi began a series of protests during these years that led to the English authorities detaining him. On March 18, 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison. He was released two years later, after being diagnosed with appendicitis. -
Death
When 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
