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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is born October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India.
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Following the customs of their region, at the age of 13, Gandhi marries Kasturbai Makhanji. The children are part of an arranged marriage. -
Mohan completes high school but does not attend college.
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At eighteen years old, with a wife and child, Mohan leaves for England for Law School. However, it is against the Modh Bania caste rules. Mohan goes anyway. -
Mohan returns to pursue his job as a lawyer
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Gandhi is needed as a lawyer for a year-long case in Durban, South Africa for a Porbandar merchant. He leaves his wife and two young sons in the care of his brother, Laxmidas.
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Was created so Indians could have a say in the government, however, they were treated poorly. -
Boer war begins. Gandhi feels that the best way for the British to treat Indians well was to support the government. Gandhi stings together an Indian ambulance corp that collected soldiers from the battlefield and nurse them back to health
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For the first time, Gandhi is arrested for his refusal to register with the government in South Africa. -
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Gandhi calls for strike against the Rowlott Acts which made it illegal for groups to organize against the government. -
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