Gandhi

  • Birth

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is born in Gujarat, India
  • Begins Primary School

    Rajkot primary school
  • Enters High School

    Shy and fearful child, had difficulties in school because he disliked sports.
  • Marriage

    He marries Kasturbai Makhanji in an arranged child marriage
  • Rebellious Adolescence Phase

    He engages in activities he will regret
  • Father Dies

    Age 63
  • Travels to London

    Trains as a Barrister
  • Travels to South Africa

    Works under a year-long contract with Dada Abdulla & Co, an Indian firm
  • Fights for Indian Rights

    He was ejected from a South African Train which motivated him
  • Found the Natal Indian Congress

  • Organizes Indian Ambulance Corps

    1100 men
  • Founds Phoenix Settlement

  • Arrested for refusing to carry an ID Card

  • "Great March"

    To gain Indian rights in South Afria
  • Suspends South African Struggle

  • Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

  • Nationalist Mob Sets Fire

    Gandhi calls off the non-cooperation movement
  • Arrested

    Charges of violence at Chauri Chaura
  • Released from Prison

    Served 2 of 6 years following surgery for appendicitis
  • 21 Day Fast

    Attempt to reconcile Hindus and Muslims
  • 'The Story of My Experiments With Truth

  • Tricolor Flag of India

  • Declaration of Independence of India

  • Concludes Salt March

  • Gandhi-Irwin Pact

    Lord Irwin signs
  • Sets Sail For England

    Representing Indian National Congress, at the second round table conference
  • Arrives in Bombay after Europe

  • 6 day fast

    To protest separate elections for untouchables
  • Announces Retirement

  • Gandhi Is Arrested

    Along with the entire congress working committee
  • Kasturba dies age 74

  • Fast to end Hindu/Muslim violence

  • Mohandas Gandhi is Assassinated