Gandhi

By pringlerj

  • Birth

  • Ghandis Marriage

    Was married by age 14

  • Gandhi's first childs death

  • Gandhis move to England

    Gandhi went to college at the University College London

  • Gandhi goes to South Africa

    Gandhi accepted an offer for a year-long contract with an Indian law firm in Natal

  • Boer War

    Gandhi urged Indians to support the British government at the outbreak

  • 1906 Registration Act

    under which Indian citizens had to register and carry ID cards at all times

  • The Rowlatt Acts

  • British troops open fire

    British troops under Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer opened fire on an unarmed crowd

  • Gandhi's 20 day fast

  • 1930 Salt March

    when he led his followers to the sea to illegally make salt, a protest against British salt taxes

  • World War II

    World War II broke out in 1939

  • Offer from the British Empire

    In March of 1942, British cabinet minister Sir Stafford Cripps offered the Indians a form of autonomy within the British Empire in exchange for military support

  • India Gains Independence

  • Gandhi's Assasination

    On January 30, 1948, Mohandas Gandhi was shot dead by a young Hindu radical named Nathuram Godse