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Gandhi was born in Porbandar, Kathiawar, West India.
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Mohandas Gandhi married Kasturbai Makhianji when he was 14 years old. It was an arranged marriage.
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In 1893, Gandhi traveled to Africa to practice the law he studied in London. He opposed discriminatory legislation against Indians.
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Gandhi organized the Natal Indian Congress.
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The Boer Republic Transvaal tried to register all Indians as members. Gandhi and other Indians protested. This marked the first nonviolent protest.
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The Viceroy invited Gandhi to a war conference in Dehli
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Gandhi was arrested, tried for sedition, and sentenced six years in prison.
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Gandhi publishes the Declaration of Independence of India
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The INC declared its independence from Britain.
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The Salt March was a protest of a salt tax. It was forbidden to make salt, and to buy the salt, there was a heavy tax. Gandhi and followers marched two hundred and forty-one miles from Ashram Ahmedabad to the Arabian Sea. He was arrested, but not right away.
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Gandhi is empowered to lead the demonstrations of the Civil Disobedience campaign.
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Gandhi began to fast in order to protest British rule while imprisoned.
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Gandhi begins final, successful fast to convince Muslims and Hindus in New Dehli to work towards peace.
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The Peace Pledge was given to Gandhi by the Peace Committee as a pledge of nonviolence.
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While Gandhi was on his was to Pakistan, he was shot and killed but a hindu extremist. The killer was Nathuram Godse.
