October 1869 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is born in Porbandar in the state of Gujarat
1882 Gandhi marries Kasturba. They are both 13 years old
1885 Creation of the Indian National Congress
1888-1891 Gandhi is a law student in London
1893 Gandhi leaves for South Africa, where he will stay for 22 years
1904 Creation of the first ashram, where work and life are communal
September 11,1906 Speech in Johannesburg in defense of the Indians of South Africa. Birth of the principle of satyagraha, or non-violence
November 6, 1913 Gandhi's first non-violent action: the Transvaal March
January 1915 Return to India
April 1919 Gandhi proposes the first hartal, a day of prayer and fasting for the liberation of India
April 13 1919 The Amritsar Massacre
February 1922 Gandhi calls for civil disobedience
March 12- April 6, 1930 The Salt March
1931 Gandhi is welcomed in London
1932 Gandhi fasts almost until death to defend the rights of the poor and the untouchables
August 1942 Gandhi launches the resolution "Quit India", hoping to hasten the departure of the English
1944 Kasturba dies
1947 The move towards Indian independence incites numerous violent confrontations between Hindus
and Muslims. Lord Mountbatten is named Viceroy to British India. He would be the last British Viceroy and Gandhi's faithful ally.
August 14, 1947 At midnight, Indian independence is proclaimed along with the birth of Pakistan, the first Muslim country in the world.
January 30, 1948 Gandhi is assassinated in Delhi by Nathuram Godse.
1882 Gandhi marries Kasturba. They are both 13 years old
1885 Creation of the Indian National Congress
1888-1891 Gandhi is a law student in London
1893 Gandhi leaves for South Africa, where he will stay for 22 years
1904 Creation of the first ashram, where work and life are communal
September 11,1906 Speech in Johannesburg in defense of the Indians of South Africa. Birth of the principle of satyagraha, or non-violence
November 6, 1913 Gandhi's first non-violent action: the Transvaal March
January 1915 Return to India
April 1919 Gandhi proposes the first hartal, a day of prayer and fasting for the liberation of India
April 13 1919 The Amritsar Massacre
February 1922 Gandhi calls for civil disobedience
March 12- April 6, 1930 The Salt March
1931 Gandhi is welcomed in London
1932 Gandhi fasts almost until death to defend the rights of the poor and the untouchables
August 1942 Gandhi launches the resolution "Quit India", hoping to hasten the departure of the English
1944 Kasturba dies
1947 The move towards Indian independence incites numerous violent confrontations between Hindus
and Muslims. Lord Mountbatten is named Viceroy to British India. He would be the last British Viceroy and Gandhi's faithful ally.
August 14, 1947 At midnight, Indian independence is proclaimed along with the birth of Pakistan, the first Muslim country in the world.
January 30, 1948 Gandhi is assassinated in Delhi by Nathuram Godse.