1869 Born October 2nd in Porbandar, Gujarat, India. The youngest

of three sons. Father: Karamchand. Mother: Putlibai.

1883 Married as a child to Kasturbai (both 13 years old).

1888 Sailed for England to study law in London.

1891 Returned to India as lawyer. Began practice in Bombay

and Rajkot.

1893 Sailed for South Africa to settle a case for an Indian firm.

At arrival found himself subjected to color discrimination.

Therefore, battled for the rights of Indians

1894 Drafted the first Indian petition to a South African government. In May, the Natal Indian Congress was established.

1899 Organized an Indian ambulance corps for the British in

the Boer War.

1901 Sailed for India to bring over his family.

1902 Returned to South Africa at the request of the Indian community.

1904 Established the weekly journal Indian Opinion. Organized

the community, Phoenix Farm, near Durban.

1906 Organized the first small campaign for the Indian immigrants

in Transvaal.

1907 Campaigned against The Black Act.

1908 January: Sentenced to two months imprisonment in Johannesburg. (Gandhi’s first time in jail). Summoned to consult with General Smuts in Pretoria.

February: Attacked and wounded by Indian extremist for settlement with Smuts.

August: Smuts broke the agreement. Indians burned their passports in a second campaign.

1909 February: Sentenced to three months’ imprisonment in Volkrust,

Pretoria.

July: Sailed for England to present Indians’ case in the Parliament.

1910 Established Tolstoy Farm, near Johannesburg.

1913 September: Campaigned against nullification of marriages not

celebrated according to Christian rites. Campaigned for

the rights of mineworkers in Transvaal.

November: Arrested, but released in December with expectations

of a compromise.

1914 Returned to India.

1915 Began his struggle for Indian independence. Established

Satyagraha Ashram, near Ahmedabad.

1917 Moved the Ashram to new site on Sabarmati River. Launched

the first Satyagraha campaign in India B for the rights of

peasants on indigo plantations in Champaran. Refused to leave the area, arrested in Motihari, but the case is withdrawn.

1918 February: Led the strike of mill workers in Ahmedabad. Agreement with the mill owners after Gandhi’s three-day fast. (Gandhi’s first Satyagraha in India)

March: Satyagraha for the peasants in Kheda.

April: Organized nationwide hartal B mourning celebration with

fasting and prayer, suspension of all working activity for one day B against the Rowlatt Act. Fasted for three days in penitence for violent riots by Indian activists. Became editor of two Indian weekly journals: the English edition of Young India and Navajivan in Gujarati.

1919 April 6: At a public meeting in Amritsar, over a thousand Sikhs

were massacred by British military, under the command of General Dyer. The Indian National Congress declared the day as a National Memorial Day.

1920 Elected president of All India Home Rule League. A resolution for a nationwide Satyagraha campaign was passed.

1922 Fasted for five days as penance for violent riots in Bardoli. Arrested on charge of sedition. Sentenced to six years imprisonment in Yeravda.

1929 Arrested for burning foreign clothes in Calcutta. Indian National Congress session in Lahore in December declared January 26 as National Independence Day.

1930 March 12: The Salt March was launched from Sabarmati Ashram.

April 6: Gandhi officially broke the Salt Act by picking a handful of

salt in Dandi. Arrested in Karadi. Hundreds of thousands were arrested.

1931 January: Released with 30 other Congress leaders.

March: The Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed, and the civil disobedience ended.

August: Sailed for the Second Round Table Conference in London.

December: Returned to India. The campaign renewed.

1932 Arrested in Bombay and detained in Yeravda Prison without trial.

1933 The weekly journal Harijan is established. Gandhi launched a 10 months campaign for the untouchables. Kasturbai imprisoned for the sixth time in two years.

1934 During the summer, three separate attempts on Gandhi’s life were made.

1940 Launched campaign against India being compelled to participate in World War II. 23.000 imprisoned within the year.

1942 Meeting with Sir Stafford Cripps on limited Indian

independence. The British proposal was rejected by the Indian Congress. The last great Satyagraha campaign launched, Quit India. Gandhi and Kasturbai imprisoned with other Congress leaders in Aga Khan Palace.

1943 Fast for 21 days as penance for deadlock between Viceroy and the Indian leaders.

1944 February: Kasturbai died in prison, 74 years of age. March,

Gandhi released (total time in prison during his life: 2.338 days).

September: Talks with M.A. Jinnah in Bombay on Hindu-Muslim unity.

1946 Begin a four months’ walking tour in East Bengal to quell communal rioting over Muslim representation in the provisional government.

1947 March: Conference with Lord Mountbatten and M. A. Jinnah.

May: Gandhi opposes Congress decision of a division of the country into India and Pakistan.

August: Began a "fast until death" as penance for communal riots in Calcutta. India’s independence is celebrated without Gandhi presence.

1948 January 20: A bomb exploded at a prayer meeting in Delhi.

January 30: The Mahatma assassinated at a prayer meeting at Birla House by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.