Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

• 1869 - Born in Porbandar, Gujarat.
• 1879 - Enrolles at local district School in Rajkot
• 1880 - Enrolles at Kathiawar High School
• 1883 - Marries to Kasturbai Makhanji Kapadia
• 1885 - Death of his father Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi
• 1888 - Travels to london to train as barrister
• 1891 - Returns to India after passing the Bar
• 1893 - Travels to South Africa to work under a Year long contract with Dada Abdulla & Co., an Indian Firm
• 1893 - gets ejected from a South African train, the incident motivates him to fight for Indian Rights in the British Colony
• 1894 - Birth of Indian Natal Congress
• 1899 - organizes an Indian ambulance corps of 1100 Men during his Service in the Boer War
• 1906 - introduces Non-Violent protest philosophy of Satyagraha
• 1908 - arrested for the first time, for refusing to carry an obligatory ID Card in South Africa
• 1913 - begins "Great March" to gain Indian Rights in South Africa
• 1914 - suspends South African struggle after winning passage of the Indian Relief Act
• 1915 - receives Hero's Welcome Upon returning from South India
• 1917 - establishes Sabarmati Ashramam
• 1920 - begins Non-cooperative movement
• 1921 - receives exclusive authority over Indian National Congress
• 1922 - arrested by the British Government on charges of inciting violence at chauri chaura
• 1924 - released from prison after serving only two years of a six-year sentence following surgery for appendicitis
• 1924 - begins 21-Day fast in an attempt to reconcile Hindus and Muslims
• 1925 - begins All-India Spinner's Association
• 1927 - 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth' is Published
• 1930 - declaration of the Independence of India
• 1930 - embarks on the salt satyagraha
• 1931 - sets sail for England to represent the Indian National Congress at the second round table conference
• 1932 - begins Six-Day fast to protest separate elections for Untouchables
• 1934 - announces retirement from politics to focus on village Economics
• 1936 - relocates base of operations to Sevagram, a small village near wardha in central India
• 1939 - announces Fast-Unto-Death in the effort to form a people's council in Rajkot
• 1942 - arrested, along with the entire congress working committee
• 1942 - Mahadev Desai, personal secretary, dies from heart failure
• 1944 - Kasturba Gandhi dies at age 74
• 1947 - United Kingdom passes the Indian Independence Act 1947
• 1947 - Partition of India
• 1948 - announces fast to end hindu/muslim violence in Delhi
• 1948 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is Assassinated by Nathuram Godse

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