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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Lugar de nacimiento: Porbandar, India -
At thirteen he marries. On September 4 of this year, Gandhi left Bombay and landed in Southampton. Arrives in London; There he remains for a period of three years, necessary to obtain the qualification for the legal profession.
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In July he returned to India for a brief period. He develops active propaganda on behalf of the Indians of South Africa, to which he returned in January 1897.
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With his loyalty and his work he favors England during the Angloboer War.
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Through tough fighting, always led by the nonviolent resistance method, Gandhi obtains equal rights for Indian immigrants. In July, at Gokhale's invitation, he embarks on his way to Southampton. Through tough fighting, always led by the nonviolent resistance method, Gandhi obtains equal rights for Indian immigrants. In July, at Gokhale's invitation, he embarks on his way to Southampton.
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After a period of preparation and meditation in his ashram in Sabarmati, near Ahmedabad, with his former Phoenix companions, he returns to political struggle.
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On 30 March, the first national satyagraha campaign to protest against the restrictive measures on personal freedom that the English intended to maintain even after the war (Rowlatt Bill) begins in Delhi.
On 13 April, in Amritsar, General Dyer orders the fire to open fire on the crowd of protesters, and causes 279 deaths. Gandhi suspends the satyagraha. -
On 28 May Gandhi proposed to Indian Muslims non-cooperation in response to the conditions of peace with Turkey, considered harmful to the rights of the Caliph.
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The independence of India and Pakistan is proclaimed on 15 August. Gandhi, who until the last moment opposed the division of former British India, devotes all his forces to restoring peace between Hindus and Muslims, who tear each other apart in neighbouring areas.
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On 30 January Gandhi is shot dead by a Hindu fanatic, Nathuram Godse.
