Men of Peace

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  • Mahtma Gandhi is born

    Mahtma Gandhi is born

    In 2 october 1869, Mahatma Gandhi borns in India, in the city of Porbandar, from a family of the Bania cast (merchants).
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    Men and Women of peace

    This timeline talks about Mahatma Gandhi, MLK, Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai
  • Gandhi's Marriage

    Gandhi's Marriage

    Gandhi marries at 13 years for a combined marriage, with the daughter of a rich merchant.
  • In Europe...

    In Europe...

    Three years after the death of the father, he goes to study at London to become a lawyer.
  • The Return to India

    The Return to India

    He returns in India, only for discovering that his mother was dead, and he starts his lawyer career.
  • Gandhi enters in politics

    Gandhi enters in politics

    Gandhi creates the Natal Indian Congress.
  • Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Mandela was born in Mvezo, South Africa, in 18 July 1918, in a tribe of native africans.
  • MLK

    MLK

    MLK borns in Atalanta, Georgia, on 15 January 1929, by an immigrant family of African and Irish origins.
  • The Salt March

    The Salt March

    Gandhi starts a non-violent campaign against the Salt Tax, but the British, imprison 60.000 people.
  • The ANC

    The ANC

    Mandela united to the ANC (African National Congress) and, after 1960, when disarmed protesters were killed at Sharpeville, he and the ANC started to use armed fight.
  • Indian Independence is Achieved!

    Indian Independence is Achieved!

    In 1947, the British government gives full independence to India.
  • Gandhi's Death

    Gandhi's Death

    Gandhi is assassinated while going to his garden for his prayers, by Nathuram Godse, a fanatic radical indù.
  • MLK the Reverendo

    MLK the Reverendo

    MLK becomes a Reverendo, just like his father, at 25 years, in a city of the South of USA; He enters in the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    In 1955, Rosa Parks refuses to leave her place to a white man, and she gets arrested.
  • The Boycott of the busses for black people

    The Boycott of the busses for black people

    MLK Organizes a boycott of the busses, that will last for one year.
  • The March on Washington

    The March on Washington

    MLK Organizes a march on Washington, and there, the crowd could assist to his famous speech "I have a dream..."
  • The Imprisonment

    The Imprisonment

    Mandela was arrested for sabotages and organization of armed actions, and for conspiracy.
    He remained in prison until 1990.
  • MLK Death

    MLK Death

    MLK was assassinated at Memphis, while he was on his balcony, from a projectile shot with a sniper rifle, right in the head.
    The assassin was James Earl Ray.
  • Freedom

    Freedom

    Mandela was finally freed in 1990, at 71 years, and ANC returned legal, thanks to the president W. de Klerk.
  • President Mandela

    President Mandela

    He became president in 1994, because black people could finally vote, and they voted him as president.
  • Malala

    Malala

    Malala was born at Mingora, in Pakistan, on 12 July 1997.
    She is a Pakistani activist.
  • An attack to her life

    An attack to her life

    She was shot in the head while on the school bus, by armed mens, but she managed to survive.
  • The Death of Nelson Mandela

    The Death of Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Mandela died on the 5th of December 2013, for old age, at 95 years.
  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize

    On 10 october 2014, at the age of 17 years, she was rewarded with the nobel prize for peace.