Gandhi Timeline Librado Ayala P7

By LibradoAyala

  • Born

    October 2, 1869: ·Birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

  • Gandhi Married

    1883: ·Gandhi and Kasturbai are married.

  • Leaves for England

    September 4, 1888: ·Gandhi leaves for England to study law.

  • Fails Law in India

    1891-1893: ·Gandhi fails as a lawyer in India.

  • Goes to Family

    1896: ·Gandhi returns to India to collect his wife and children.

  • Goes Back to England with Family

    1896: ·Gandhi returns to South Africa with his family.

  • War Outbrake

    1899: ·Outbreak of Boer War (1899-1901) in South Africa. Gandhi organizes an ambulance corps for the British.

  • Non Violent Campaign

    1907: ·The Boer Republic Transvaal, now under the control of the British, attempts to register all Indians as members; Gandhi and others refuse to register. Their resistance efforts mark the first use of nonviolent non-cooperation by the Indian minority in South Africa, soon calledsatyagraha, or "soul-force."

  • Gandhi Arrested

    1908: ·Gandhi is arrested and sentenced to two months in prison.

  • Gandhi the Rebel

    1908: ·Gandhi is arrested again, spends a month in jail.

  • Gandhi to London

    Gandhi travels to London, pushing for rights of South African Indians. The Transvaal registration law is repealed.

  • WW2

    1914: ·Gandhi arrives in England, just at the outbreak of World War I(1914-1918).

  • Gandhi the Hero

    1915: ·Gandhi returns home to India, and receives a hero's welcome.

  • Fasting & Prayer

    1919: ·Nationalists hold a hartal, or day of fasting and prayer, in protest of the Rowlatt Act, which drastically curtails civil liberties in India.

  • Sedition

    1922: ·Gandhi is arrested for sedition. Remains is prsion for a couple of years.

  • Declaration of Independence

    1930: ·Gandhi publishes the Declaration of Independence of India.

  • Salt March

    1931: ·Gandhi leads his Salt March to the sea.

  • Arrested Again

    1931: ·Gandhi is arrested for violating the Salt Laws; non-cooperation movements break out across India.

  • Return to India

    1931: ·Gandhi returns to India.

  • WW2

    1939: · World War II begins, lasting until 1945.

  • Imprisoned in Aga Khan's Palace

    1942: ·Congress leaders are arrested; Gandhi is imprisoned in the Aga Khan's palace.

  • Released from the Palace

    1944: ·Gandhi is released from the Aga Khan's palace.

  • Independence!

    1947: ·Indian independence becomes official, as does the partition into two countries, India and Pakistan.

  • Chaos with Hindus and Muslims

    1948: ·India dissolves into chaos and killings, as Hindus and Muslims flee for the borders of India and Pakistan.

  • Death of Gandhi

    1948: ·Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Vinayuk Godse, a Hindu nationalist.