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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbander in Gujarat.
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Returning from London to train as a barrister, he returns to India.
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He accepted a job at an Indian law firm in Duban, South Africa.
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The South African government conceded to many of Gandhis demands.
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British planed to intern people suspected of sedition - the Rowlatt Acts - prompted Gandhi to announce a new satyagrapha
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Gandhi was a dominant figure in Indian politics.
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Gandhi himself was sentenced to six years imprisionment.
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Gandhi was released after two years and he withdrew from politics.
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Gandhi proclaimed a new campaign of civil disobedience in protest at a tax on salt.
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He attended the round table conference in London, as the sole representative of the Indian National Congress.
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He resigned in protest at its use of non-violence as a political expedient.
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The British government began negotiations which culminated in the Moutbatten Plan of June 1947, and formation of two independent states.
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He was assinated in Delhi by a Hindu fanatic.
