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Gandhi was born in Porbandar, a coastal town which was part of the Bombay Presidency, British India. His full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
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Gandhi leaves for England to study law.
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Under control of the British, they attempt to register all of the Indians as members. Gandhi and others refuse to register.
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Gandhi was arrested and sentenced to twomonths is prison
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He was arrested twice, the second time serving a month in prison.
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Indians in Natal and Transvaal, under Gandhi's leadership, march peacefully in protest of poll taxes and marriage laws. Continues through winter.
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Gandhi and Smuts, the prime minister of Transvaal, reach an agreement and end the protests.
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Gandhi leaves India and sails to England.
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Gandhi arrives in England just at the outbreak of World War 1.
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Gandhi returns home from India and receives a hero's welcome.
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Ten thousand Indians gathered in Amritsar, and General Reginald Dyer ordered troops to fire. Three hundred and seventy nine people were killed and one thousand one hundred people were wounded.
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Gandhi is arrested for sedition, and held without a trial.
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Congress leaders are arrested, and Gandhi is imprisoned in the Aga Khan's Palace.
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Gandhi is released from Aga Khan's Palace.
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He was assassinated by Nathurum Vinayuk Godse, a Hindu nationalist.
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Chaos erupts and killings begin as Muslims and Hindus flee for the borders of India and Pakistan.
