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Gandhi is born in the town of Porbander in modern-day Gujarat.
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Gandhi passes the bar exam in England and officially becomes a lawyer.
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Gandhi is thrown off the train in South Africa for refusing to leave his first-class seat beacause of his race.
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Gandhi introduces his philosophy of "satyagraha" or "truth force."
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Gandhi leads Indians in Natal and Transvaal in a peaceful march, protesting racist poll taxes and marriage laws.
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Gandhi and Smuts, prime minister of the Transvaal, reach an agreement and end the racism protests.
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Gandhi sails to England, and he arrives just at the outbreak of WWI.
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Gandhi returns home and is welcomed as a hero.
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Gandhi founds the Satyagraha Ashram, a communal farm where he, his wife, and his followers will live.
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British troops, led by General Reginald Dyer, slaughter a group of over 1,000 of Gandhi's non-violent protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh garden in Amritsar.
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Gandhi calls for a period of non-cooperation in India.
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Gandhi is arrested for sedition and remains in prison until 1924.
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Gandhi leads a nonviolent protest against the British tax on salt in India. The march goes from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, Gujarat, and ends with Gandhi breaking the salt law.
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Gandhi begins his "Fast Unto Death" to protest against a new Indian constitution separating the Indian electorate by caste.
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Gandhi's wife, Kasturba, dies at the age of 74.
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Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, Hindu extremist.
