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Birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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Gandhi's Lifespan
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Gandhi and Kasturbai are married
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Gandhi leaves for England to study law.
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Gandhi established the Natal Indian Congress (NIC).
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Gandhi and his family headed for South Africa. When they arive in South Africa they are quarenteened because there is a mob waiting for Gandhi.
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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.
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Indians in Natal and Transvaal,with Gandhi march peacefully in protest of a racist poll tax and marriage laws. The marches continue through the winter.
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Gandhi and his followers found Satyagraha ashram, the religiously-oriented communal farm where Gandhi, his family, and his followers will live.
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Amritsar Massacre; Under General Dyer, British troops slaughter Indian protesters.
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Gandhi publishes the Declaration of Independence of India.
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·Gandhi leads his Salt March to the sea
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Gandhi is arrested for violating the Salt Laws; non-cooperation movements break out across India.
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Kasturbai dies.
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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.