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On 2 October 1869, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in a Hindu Bania community in coastal Gujarat.
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Gandhi leaves for England, where he will study law in hopes to pass his bar exam and become a lawyer.
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Gandhi passes his bar exam in England.
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Gandhi returns home to India and receives a hero's welcome.
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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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Under General Dyer, British troops murder Indian protesters.
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Despite his long absence from politics, Gandhi becomes President of the Indian National Congress.
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Gandhi published the Declaration of Independence of India on January 26, 1930.
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Gandhi leads thousands on a 241 mile march to the sea in order to break up the heavy taxes and laws on Indians making salt.
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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 for five days to protest the treatment of untouchables.
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Kasturba, Gandhi's wife, dies on this day.
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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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Indian independence becomes official, along with the partioning of two separate countries, India and Pakistan.
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On 30 January 1948, Gandhi was shot by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse while he was on his way to Pakistan. Godse believed Gandhi had betrayed his own people.
