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Ghandi's Life

  • Ghandi's birth

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2nd, 1869 in Porbandar in Gujarat.
  • Ghandi returnes to India

    Mohandes returnes from India, only to find that his mother had died while he was in London.
  • Ghandi begins work in South Africa

    Mohandes began work at an Indian firm, know as Dada Abdulla & co.
  • Ghandi begins his fight for rights

    Mohandes was ordered out of a first class train car, despite having the required ticket. This resulted in him being thrown off of the train in Pietermaritzburg.
  • Ghandi founds the Natal Indian Congress

    Mohandes starts to create a petition to stop a bill attempting to take voting rights from Indians
  • Ghandi Organizes the Indian Ambulance Corps

    In order to help ensure that Indians got their rights, Mohandes urged them to support the war effort in a pacifistic manor, such as serving as medics.
  • Ghandi teaches the protest philosophy of Satayagraha

    Mohandes began to teach non-violent methods of protesting, such as striking, or one burning their registration card.
  • Ghandi is arrested for the first time

    Mohandes was arrested for not carrying a required ID card. He was released the next month, when an understanding had been made with the government
  • Ghandi recieves a warm welcome in India

    After returning from South Africa, the people of Bombay prepared a reception for Mohandes in the palatial house. He soon was rewarded with the Kaiser-I-Hind.
  • Ghandi is arrested for "inciting violence at Chauri Chaura

    Ghandi was arrested for charges of inciting violence, and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to six years of prison.
  • Ghandi travels to the Salt Satyagraha

    Mohandes joins a campaign protesting the british salt tax in colonial India
  • Ghandi ends the the Salt March

    Mohandes arrived at Dandi, Gujarat, finishing the salt march
  • Ghandi retires

    Mohandes decided to resign from his career in politics, in favor of a career in village economics
  • Ghandi fasts to end religous violende in Delhi

    Mohandes conversed with leaders of both the Hindu community, and the Muslim community
  • Ghandi is asasinated

    Mohandes was leading a prayer meeting, when a Hindu nationalist/militant ran up to him, and shot him in the chest three times. Mohandes later died in the Birla House
  • Ghandi establishes Sabarmati Ashram

    Mohandes establishes the Sabarmati Ashram in the Ahmedabad suburb of Sabarmati. The Ashram has since been converted into a national monument