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Birth
This is the date that Mahatma Gandhi is born. -
Marriage at 13
Gandhi was married at age 13 to Kasturbai Makhanji. This was an arragned marriage, as was the norm in India at the time. -
Start of Fight for Rights.
Mahatma Gandhi was rejected from a train in South Africa, This event started Gandhi's global fight for rights, specifically for Indian Rights in Africa. -
National Indian Congress
Mahatma Gandhi, feeling that Indian needed a central body to organize and follow up through the peoples plans, founded the NIC, out of deference to Dadabhi Naoroji.