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He was born in Porbandar, India.
On October 2, 1869, Karamchand Gandhi was born in the Indian city of Porbandar Mohandas. -
He married Kastubai Nakanj.
At the age of thirteen, his parents arranged his marriage to Kasturba Makharji, of the same age and caste, with whom he had four children. -
First trip to England.
In his youth, Gandhi was a mediocre student in Porbandar. Later in Rajkot, in 1887, he managed to barely pass the entrance examination of the University of Mumbai, enrolling in the School of Samaldas, in Bhavnagar. He was not there for long, because he took advantage of the opportunity to study in England. -
Obtains law degree and returns to India.
He studied Law at University College London. He returned to India after obtaining his Bachelor's degree to practice law in India. He tried to establish himself as a lawyer in Bombay, but was unsuccessful, as the legal profession at that time was oversaturated and Gandhi was not a dynamic figure in the courts. -
He moves to South Africa, where he works on behalf of the Indians residing in that country.
In 1893 he accepted a one-year employment contract with an Indian company operating in Natal, South Africa. He was interested in the situation of the 150,000 compatriots who resided there, fighting against the laws that discriminated against Indians in South Africa through passive resistance and civil disobedience. -
In India again, he joins the Indian national movement.
These movements appeared with greater force in the Asian continents such as India, Africa, changing the prevailing situation. -
Amritsar Massacre.
It was a massacre that occurred in the city of Amritsar on April 13, 1919, when soldiers of the British Indian Army under General Reginald Dyer machine-gunned a crowd of thousands of unarmed Sikh, Hindu and Muslim men, women and children, who were assembled in Jallianwala Garden for the Vaisakhi (New Year) festival. 1 -
First campaign of civil disobedience. He is sentenced to prison.
On March 18, 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison. He was released two years later after being diagnosed with appendicitis. -
March of salt.
From March 12 to April 6, 1930, he starred in an important non-violent protest, known as the salt march (salt satiagraha), which would serve as inspiration for movements such as that of the American Martin Luther King. -
Travel to London to participate in the Round Table Conference.
After the famous "Salt March", Gandhi was invited to participate, in 1931, in the "Round Table Conference", held in London to address the issue of the Independence of India. Although at this meeting it was not possible to reconcile the positions of the Indian leaders with those of the British government, the trip to London allowed Gandhi to make a series of contacts, and it was a great opportunity to spread the message of Non-Violence in England. -
Campaign in favor of the untouchables.
Gandhi started a new campaign to improve the lives of the untouchables, whom he called harijans or 'people of Harí (God)'. On May 8, 1933, he went on a 21-day hunger strike to protest the British government's oppression in India. -
Boycott of Indian intervention in the war.
In 1940, the boycott of Indian intervention in the war took place. ... Since his health was failing and he needed surgery, he was released before the end of the war. The Raj did not want Gandhi to die in prison and cause unrest in the nation. -
Independence of India. Separation from Pakistan.
The partition of India was the partition of the British Indian Empire which resulted in the creation of the sovereign States of the Dominion of Pakistan (later divided into Pakistan and Bangladesh) and the Union of India (later Republic of India) on August 15, 1947. -
Killed by a Hindu fanatic in New Delhi.
On his way to a meeting to pray, he was assassinated on January 30, 1948 in New Delhi by a fanatic.
