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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 The Transvaal registration law is repealed.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.