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Mohandas Gandhi was born in Porbandar, a small state in British India.
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Gandhi is married to Kasturbai Makhanji in May of 1883. They have 4 children together.
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Gandhi goes to study law in England.
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Gandhi successfully passes the Bar Exam in England!
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Gandhi organizes an ambulance corps for the British during the outbreak of the Boer War in South Africa.
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Gandhi is arrested and sentenced to two months in prison for failing to register or to leave Transvaal.
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Gandhi leads a number of marches and peacful protests to protest racist poll taxes and marriage laws. These marches continue through the winter.
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Gandhi returns to India and becomes the leader of the Indian National Congress.
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Gandhi and his followers found Satyagraha ashram, a religiously-oriented communal farm where Gandhi, his family, and his followers lived.
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Gandhi publishes A Declaration of Independence for the Indian people.
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Gandhi leads a 200-mile march to the sea to protest British tax on salt and became known as the Salt March.
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Gandhi fasts in prison to protest the treatment of untouchables.
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Gandhi visits Muhammed Ali Jinnah in Bombay, but is unable to work out an agreement that will keep India whole.
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Indian independence is official along with the partition of India and Pakistan. Gandhi is not happy about the partition as he feels that it will lead to more violence.
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Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Vinayuk Godse.
