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Mahatma Gandhi was born Porbandar. His family were merchants.
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Gandhi married Kasturba Ghandi.
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Gandhi returned to Bombay, India.
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He traveled to South Africa to be a ambulance rider for the war.
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He made the Natal Indian Congress to aid in Indian rights.
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Gandhi began his peaceful revolution. He said he would go to jail or die before following an anti-Asian law. Thousands of Indians joined him in his campaign. He was imprisoned two times for his acts.
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When he was 19 he went to college. He studied the law at University College in London. He was picked on because he was Indian.
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In 1919 he became a leader in the Indian National Congress political party. In 1920 he launched a campaign against Britain, telling Indians to spin their own cotton and to boycott British goods, courts, and
government. He then led thousands of Indians in a 200 mile "Salt March" to collect their own salt. -
Gandhi was assassinated.
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He was imprisoned for his protests and boycotts for 2 years. He was jailed again later.
