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Gandhi was born at Porbandar, Kathiawad.
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Gandhi publishes the Declaration of Independence
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Gandhi warns the Viceroy of his intention to break the Salt Laws
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Gandi leads his Salt March to the sea March 12 through April 6
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Gandhi is arrested for violating the Salt Laws; non-cooperation movements break out across India
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Gandhi fasts in prison to protest the treatment of untouchables, September 20 through 25
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World War II starts
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Katsurbai, the mother of Gandhi dies.
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Gandhi is released from Aga Kahn's palace
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Gandhi visits Muhammed Ali Jinnah in Bombay, but is unable to work out an agreement that will keep India whole.
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·British Cabinet Mission publishes proposal for an Indian state, without partition; Jinnah and the Muslim League reject the proposal
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·Lord Mountbatten arrives in India and hammers out agreement for independence and partition.
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Indian independence becomes official, as does the partition into two countries, India and Pakistan.
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Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Vinayuk Godse, a Hindu nationalist.
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India dissolves into chaos and killings, as Hindus and Muslims flee for the borders of India and Pakistan. It ended in December 1948