-
Tax on salt
The first laws to regulate the salt tax were made by the British East India Company. In 1835, the government appointed a salt commission to review the existing salt tax. -
Period: to
The fight
and activist in the struggle for social justice and for India's independence from British rule. -
Born
-
Got married
-
Law
Gandhi leaves for England to study law. -
Period: to
fails
Gandhi fails as a lawyer in India. -
Passes
Gandhi passes the exam in England. -
South africa
Gandhi accepts commission to spend a year in South Africa advising on a lawsuit. -
Stay
Gandhi wants to stay at South Africa, and founds the Natal Indian Congress. -
Period: to
War
Outbreak of Boer War (1899-1901) in South Africa. Gandhi organizes an ambulance corps for the British. -
The first time
The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi in India and is considered a historically important revolt in the Indian Independence Movement. It was a farmer's uprising that took place in Champaran district of Bihar, India, during the British colonial period. -
Period: to
Salt march
Salt Satyagraha March started on 12th March 1930 from Sabarmati Ashram and reached Dandi after 24 days on 6th April 1930. -
Died
Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist who objected to Gandhi's tolerance for the Muslims, fatally shot him.