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BIRTH
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, British India. a coastal city in the small princely state of Kathiawar, now in the state of Gujarat (India). His family was of the Vaisia (merchant) caste. -
Work for the struggle of compatriots
In 1893 he accepted a one-year employment contract with an Indian company operating in Natal, South Africa. He was interested in the situation of the 150,000 compatriots who resided there, fighting against the laws that discriminated against Indians in South Africa through passive resistance and civil disobedience. -
Gandhi's non-violent protest
In 1906 the Transvaal government enacted a law that required all Indians to register. This led to a massive protest in Johannesburg, where Gandhi first adopted the platform called satyagraha ('attachment or devotion to the truth') which consisted of a non-violent protest. -
London Conference
In 1931 he participated in the London Conference, where he claimed the independence of India. He leaned in favor of the right of the Congress party and had conflicts with his disciple Nehru, who represented the left. -
Gandhi in the second world war
Después de largas deliberaciones, Gandhi declaró que la India no podría ser partidaria de una guerra que, aparentemente, era una lucha para la libertad democrática, mientras que esa misma libertad le era negada a la India. -
broker to Richard Stafford Cripps
In 1942 London sent Richard Stafford Cripps as an intermediary to negotiate with the Nationalists, but when a satisfactory solution was not found, they radicalized their positions. -
Death of Gandhi's wife
Gandhi and his wife Kasturba were deprived of their liberty and placed under house arrest in the Palace of the Aga Khan, where she died in 1944,2 while he was on a twenty-one day fast. -
Assassination of Gandhi and his last words
On January 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 by insisting that the money promised to Pakistan be paid.
