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Mohandas Gandhi is born
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is born October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India. -
Thomas Edison invents the electric light bulb
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Mohan Marries
Following the customs of their region, at the age of 13, Gandhi marries Kasturbai Makhanji. The children are part of an arranged marriage. -
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Mohan completes high school
Mohan completes high school but does not attend college. -
Eiffel Tower is built
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Sets sail to Bombay
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 Gandhi returns to India
Mohan returns to pursue his job as a lawyer -
Sets out for Durban, South Africa
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. -
Mohan creates the Natal Indian Congress
Was created so Indians could have a say in the government, however, they were treated poorly. -
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Boer War
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 -
Gandhi is arrested
For the first time, Gandhi is arrested for his refusal to register with the government in South Africa. -
North Pole is discovered
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World War I
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Gandhi called for hartal
Gandhi calls for strike against the Rowlott Acts which made it illegal for groups to organize against the government. -
U.S. Passes the 19th Amendment
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World War II begins
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Martin Luther King Jr. gives "I Have a Dream" Speech
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Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
