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Mohandas was born today and will eventually lead India.
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Gandhi is married to a woman named Kasturbai in India.
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Gandhi leaves India to study law in England.
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After failing as a lawyer in India, Gandhi collects his wife and children and moves to South Africa to practice law.
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Gandhi returns to India to attend the Indian National Congress. G.K. Gokhale introduces him to nationalist leaders.
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The Boer Republic Transvaal, now under the control of the British, attempts to register all Indians as members; Gandhi and others refuse to register. Their resistance efforts mark the first use of nonviolent non-cooperation by the Indian minority in South Africa, soon calledsatyagraha, or "soul-force."
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Gandhi is arrested and sentenced to two months in prison.
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Gandhi is arrested again, spends a month in jail.
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Gandhi travels to London, pushing for rights of South African Indians. The Transvaal registration law is repealed.
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Indians in Natal and Transvaal, under Gandhi's leadership, march peacefully in protest of a racist poll tax and marriage laws. The marches continue through the winter.
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Gandhi and Smuts, the Prime Minister of the Transvaal, reach an agreement, ending the protests.
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Amritsar Massacre; Under General Dyer, British troops slaughter Indian protesters.
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Gandhi calls for a period of non-cooperation across India.
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Gandhi was thrown back in jail, after being released,Gandhi avoids politics, focusing his writings on the improvement of India.
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Despite his long absence from politics, Gandhi becomes President of the Indian National Congress.
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Gandhi publishes the Declaration of Independence of India
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Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Vinayuk Godse, a Hindu nationalist.