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Mahtma Gandhi is born
In 2 october 1869, Mahatma Gandhi borns in India, in the city of Porbandar, from a family of the Bania cast (merchants). -
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Men and Women of peace
This timeline talks about Mahatma Gandhi, MLK, Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai -
Gandhi's Marriage
Gandhi marries at 13 years for a combined marriage, with the daughter of a rich merchant. -
In Europe...
Three years after the death of the father, he goes to study at London to become a lawyer. -
The Return to India
He returns in India, only for discovering that his mother was dead, and he starts his lawyer career. -
Gandhi enters in politics
Gandhi creates the Natal Indian Congress. -
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was born in Mvezo, South Africa, in 18 July 1918, in a tribe of native africans. -
MLK
MLK borns in Atalanta, Georgia, on 15 January 1929, by an immigrant family of African and Irish origins. -
The Salt March
Gandhi starts a non-violent campaign against the Salt Tax, but the British, imprison 60.000 people. -
The ANC
Mandela united to the ANC (African National Congress) and, after 1960, when disarmed protesters were killed at Sharpeville, he and the ANC started to use armed fight. -
Indian Independence is Achieved!
In 1947, the British government gives full independence to India. -
Gandhi's Death
Gandhi is assassinated while going to his garden for his prayers, by Nathuram Godse, a fanatic radical indù. -
MLK the Reverendo
MLK becomes a Reverendo, just like his father, at 25 years, in a city of the South of USA; He enters in the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) -
Rosa Parks
In 1955, Rosa Parks refuses to leave her place to a white man, and she gets arrested. -
The Boycott of the busses for black people
MLK Organizes a boycott of the busses, that will last for one year. -
The March on Washington
MLK Organizes a march on Washington, and there, the crowd could assist to his famous speech "I have a dream..." -
The Imprisonment
Mandela was arrested for sabotages and organization of armed actions, and for conspiracy.
He remained in prison until 1990. -
MLK Death
MLK was assassinated at Memphis, while he was on his balcony, from a projectile shot with a sniper rifle, right in the head.
The assassin was James Earl Ray. -
Freedom
Mandela was finally freed in 1990, at 71 years, and ANC returned legal, thanks to the president W. de Klerk. -
President Mandela
He became president in 1994, because black people could finally vote, and they voted him as president. -
Malala
Malala was born at Mingora, in Pakistan, on 12 July 1997.
She is a Pakistani activist. -
An attack to her life
She was shot in the head while on the school bus, by armed mens, but she managed to survive. -
The Death of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela died on the 5th of December 2013, for old age, at 95 years. -
Nobel Prize
On 10 october 2014, at the age of 17 years, she was rewarded with the nobel prize for peace.
