Mahatma Gandhi By facebooker_1455459201148556 Oct 2, 1869 Birth Birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Dec 17, 1883 Gandhi and Kasturbai are married. Dec 17, 1885 Death of Karamchand Gandhi, Gandhi's father Sep 4, 1888 Gandhi leaves for England to study law. Jun 10, 1891 Gandhi passes the bar exam in England. Apr 17, 1893 Gandhi accepts commission to spend a year in South Africa advising on a lawsuit. May 17, 1894 Gandhi elects to stay on South Africa, and founds the Natal Indian Congress. May 17, 1896 ·Gandhi returns to India to collect his wife and children. Dec 17, 1896 Gandhi returns to South Africa with his family. Dec 17, 1903 Gandhi decides to open a law office in Johannesberg,South Africa Dec 17, 1906 Gandhi organizes his first protest against anti-Indian laws in South Africa Dec 17, 1908 Gandhi is imprisoned in South Africa Dec 17, 1915 Gandhi returns to India Dec 17, 1922 After a big trial, Gandhi is sentenced to six years in jail Dec 17, 1930 Gandhi has to go to jail for breaking India's Salt Laws Dec 17, 1932 Gandhi fasts to protest treatment of Untouchables Dec 17, 1934 ghandi launches the All Indian Village Industries Association Dec 17, 1942 Gandhi begins the nationwide "Quit India" movement Dec 17, 1944 Gandhi's wife dies at age seventy-four Dec 17, 1947 India gets its independence from the British Dec 17, 1948 On January 30, Gandhi is killed at a prayer meeting in Dehli