Gandhi Timeline - Timeline

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on the Kathiawar Peninsula of India in a town called Porbandar

Gandhi was assassinated by a hindu nationalist named Nathuram Godse

Gandhi begins his 24 day and 240 mile march to the sea to make his own salt

Gandhi leaves india to study law at University College London

Gandhi is arrested for the first time for his refusal to register with the South African government

Ghandi's wife passes away at the age of 74

India and Pakistan gain their independence from Great Britain

Ghandi performs his first act of non-cooperation by burning the passes of fellow indians

Gandhi does his first 21 day fast to stop the protesting that he started

Gandhi fasts for six days and stops the fighting between hindus and muslims

Gandhi gets married at the age of 13 to a 14 year old girl named Kasturbai Makhanji

While on his way to South Africa, Gandhi is shocked at the discrimination he faces when he tries to ride first class on a train

Gandhi recieves a hero's welcome as he returns to India at the Apollo Bunder in Bombay

Gandhi is arrested and sentenced to 6 years in jail for sedition and protesting the government

Gandhi goes to the Second Round Table Conference in England to Represent the Indian National Congress

Gandhi leaves south Africa and sails to England

During the Boer War, Gandhi forms a volunteer ambulance corps for the British

Gandhi and his followers find Satyagraha ashram which is a religious communal farm where they start living

The Declaration of Independence is published by Gandhi

Gandhi fasts for 3 days after seeing the derailing of a train

A day of fasting and prayer is held to protest the limited civil liberties in India induced by the Rowlatt Act

Gandhi calls for all of India to undergo a period of non-violence