Gandhi's Timeline

Sometime while he was in England, his mother died, but he didn't know it until return to his country.

After a short time, his father died.

He ate meat at first time.

When he was small, he moved to Rajkot.

He became a lawyer and immediately returned to India.

June 1891

He started to study law in England, thanks to his older brother Laxmidas.

November 1888

He told his father he had stolen gold from his older brother, disappointing and saddening him. Mohandas decided to change.

At 15

He was at school, and he had friends who were bad influences.

Before 13

After failing to adapt to British life, he accepted that he would be an Indian forever.

3 months after

He had his first son, Harilal.

At about 16

He married Kasturba.

At 13

He was born in Porbandar.

1869

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He wrote letters to combat a new law in South Africa that made the Indians have no opportunities. The law continued, but he was no longer shy.

He got the railway allow well-dressed Indians on 1st and 2nd class.

He earned money writing petitions to government offices.

He opened a small office. After a while he had his first client and discovered that he couldn't speak in public.

The Europeans tried to drive the Indians out of South Africa with taxes (he still lived there).

After 5 years

He realized that he was bad with Ba, so he tried to be more patient.

After some time

He came to Durban, South Africa, due to a legal case of a Moslem businessman. He had an argument with the judge at the court.

May 1893

He went to Bombay to study the Indian laws and become a better lawyer, because he couldn't earn money.

A short time later

His work for the Indian company finished.

At the end of the year

After had more problems on a train and in an hotel, his family arrived to South Africa and he gives a discourse. He became the leader of the Indian company.

One week later

He tried to help his brother Laxmidas with a British political agent, but he failed.

After a while

He had his second son, Manilal.

1892

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It helped workers and farmers in some parts of India.

He organised an Indian ambulance to help. He was criticized.

He went to prison many times.

Once healthy, he traveled across the country to talk to people.

He started a short trip to have meetings in India

He started an ashram (a small community) where he was the Bapu (father).

After a while

He left the country to go to Great Britain. Two days later, the First World War began.

1914

He had his fourth son, Devdas.

1900

When he returned to South Africa, he was nearly killed by angry Europeans

At the end of his trip

He became ill and returned to India. During the trip, he translated his book 'Home Rule' (Gandhi's ideas).

After a short time

He met General Smuts until sign an agreement (Indians could vote an the tax was cancelled).

1906

He organized an ambulance of 1,100 Indians to help in the Boer War, but nothing changed.

1899

He had his third son, Ramdas.

1897

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At midnight, the Indians declared their independence and began a non-violent resistance campaign.

31st December 1929

There was a hostile atmosphere after many arrests, so he decided to leave politics for a while. That's why he was arrested (he accepted the sentence)

A boycott of British councils began.

He became very ill and went home to rest.

A boycott of a white committee started. A constitution began to be written.

1929

People started calling him Mahatma (the Great Spirit).

After a short time

He continued to travel to educate and started Satyagraha Sabha.

With the end of the war

He was freed. He traveled across the country once more to try to unite and teach people (to end some customs ...).

2 years later

With a tragic demonstration in Amritsar he understood that British rule in India must end.

After some time

He went from village to village to recruit people for the British Indian Army.

1918

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He began to fight to improve the lives of the villagers. Moreover, he started living in a village, where he taught how to make things and then sell them with an organization which he founded.

When he got out of prison he traveled across the country with his fight.

Due to World War II, he decided that the Indians had to become independent to protect themselves.

During the 1930s

In prison he fasted to demonstrate against the treatment of untouchables.

He returned home because his agreement with Lord Irwin failed and the people went to prison.

He arrived the 5th April. In May he was sent to prison because of he had caught salt from the sea.

While he was walking to a hall, someone threw a bomb to him, but he was not injured.

After some time

He was arrested and the resistance returned.

After a week

Lord Irwin, a British representative, freed him to talk.

A year later

He walked 388 km to the Arabian Sea in a demonstration against the salt tax.

12th March 1930

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On his way to a meeting with Ava and Manu (two of his nieces) next to him a man fired three shots at him with an automatic pistol and he died.

30th January 1948

Few days later, a young man threw a bomb over his garden wall.

Representatives of the two sides came to him and signed a peace agreement in front of him. Then, he stopped fasting.

18th January 1948

In Novembre, because of a fight between Moslems and Hindus, he went to visit homeless camps on both parts.

He decided to fast at his home in Delhi until the end of the fight.

13th January 1948

He spoke with the new British representative, Mountbatten. The British had to leave India quickly.

1947

He left prison to see Ba, who died surrounded by her relatives. Gandhi's heart broke.

While he was in prison

He and many more people went to prison because of the vote on the Quit-India resolution. The violence started across India.

After a while

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