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Mohandas is Born
Ghandi was born on October 2 1869, in Porbandor,India -
Gandhi Enlopes
At 13 Gandhi had an arranged wedding to his wife Kasturbai Makhanji -
Son Comes and Gos
Gandhi was 15, the couple's first child was born, but survived only a few days. Gandhi's father, Karamchand Gandhi, had also died earlier that year. -
Goes to England
In 1888, Gandhi travelled to London, England, to study law at University College London, where he studied Indian law and jurisprudence and to train as a barrister at the Inner Temple. -
NIC creation
Gandhi worked with other Indian-rights activists in South Africa to create the Natal Indian Congress, an organization committed to giving Indians a collective voice in South African politics. -
Ambulance Corps
Gandhi creates the Ambulance Corps to send a message to the British that Indians were capable and responsible individuals who deserved the same rights as other British subjects. -
Satyagraha Starts
Gandhi organized his first satyagraha campaign of peaceful non-cooperation to protest -
Amristar Masacre
Dyer ordered troops to fire weapons at Indians (379 dead, 1,100 hurt) -
British Goods Boycott
Gandhi organized a massive boycott of British goods and taxes to protest Western materialism and the British economic exploitation of India. -
Salt March Uproar
Gandhi gets 50,000 indians to participate in march to Protest British tax on salt. -
Gandhi-Erwin Pact is signed
The Gandhi–Irwin Pact was signed in March 1931. The British Government agreed to free all political prisoners, in return for the suspension of the civil disobedience movement. -
Gandhis Fasting
On 8 May 1933, Gandhi began a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement -
Back in Politics
Gandhi returned to active politics again in 1936, with the Nehru presidency and the Lucknow session of the Congress. -
British Partition Land
In August 1947 the British partitioned the land, with India and Pakistan each achieving independence on terms Gandhi disapproved. -
Gandhi is Assassinated
On Jan. 30, 1948, Mohandas Gandhi was shot dead by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist. Godse believed that the Mahatma, or the great soul, was responsible for the 1947 partition of India and the creation of Pakistan.
