| Date |
Event |
| Octomber 2 1869
| Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is Born in Gujarat, India
|
| 1876 |
Begins Primary School in Rajkot |
| 1881 |
Enters High School in Rajkot |
| May 1883 |
Marries Kasturbai Makhanji in an Arranged Child Marriage |
| 1884 |
Gandhi Enters Rebellious Adolescent Phase, Engaging in Activities He Will Soon Reject |
| 1885 |
His Father dies at 63 |
| September 4 1888 |
Travels to London to train as a barrister |
| June 12 1891 |
He returns to India from London after passing the Bar |
| April 1893 |
Travels to South Africa to Work Under a Year-Long Contract with Dada Abdulla & Co., an Indian Firm |
| May 1893 |
He is Ejected from a South African Train, Motivating Him to Fight for Indian Rights in the British Colony |
| August 22 1894 |
Mahatma Gandhi Founds the Natal Indian Congress |
| January 10 1897 |
Gandhi is Nearly Lynched by White Settlers in Durban upon Returning from a Brief Trip to Fetch his Family in India |
| 1899 |
Gandhi Organizes an Indian Ambulance Corps of 1100 Men During His Service in the Boer War |
| November 1904 |
Founds the Phoenix Settlement |
| 1906 |
Organizes Stretcher-Bearer Corps that Serves During the Zulu Uprising |
| September 11 1906 |
Introduces Non-Violent Protest Philosophy of Satyagraha |
| January 10 1908 |
He is Arrested for the First Time, for Refusing to Carry an Obligatory ID Card in South Africa |
| May 30 1910 |
Gandhi Establishes the Tolstoy Farm, which Serves as a Base of Operations for His Activities in South Africa |
| November 6 1913 |
Begins "Great March" to Gain Indian Rights in South Africa |
| June 1914 |
Gandhi Suspends South African Struggle After Winning Passage of the Indian Relief Act |
| January 9 1915 |
Receives Hero's Welcome Upon Returning to India from South Africa |
| April 1917 |
Goes to Champaran to Investigate Conditions of Local Farmers |
| June 17 1917 |
Establishes Sabarmati Ashram |
| January 1918 |
Begins Advocating on Behalf of Farmers in Kheda Subject to Oppressive Taxation During a Famine |
| September 1920 |
The Gandhi Era of the Indian Independence Movement Begins with the Non-Cooperation Movement |
| December 1921 |
Gandhi is Given Exclusive Authority Over the Indian National Congress |
| March 10 1922 |
Gandhi is Arrested by the British Government on Charges of Inciting Violence at Chauri Chaura |
| February 1924 |
He is then Released from Prison After Serving Only Two Years of a Six-Year Sentence Following Surgery for Appendicitis |
| September 1924 |
Gandhi Begins Twenty-One Day Fast in an Attempt to Reconcile Hindus and Muslims |
| September 1925 |
Founds the All-India Spinners' Association |
| 1927 |
Gandhi's 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth' is Published |
| January 26 1930 |
Declaration of the Independence of India |
| March 12 1930 |
Mahatma Gandhi Embarks on the Salt Satyagraha |
| April 6 1930 |
Arrives at Dandi, Gujarat, Concluding the Salt March |
| March 5 1931 |
Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, Signs the Gandhi-Irwin Pact |
| August 29 1931 |
Gandhi Sets Sail for England to Represent the Indian National Congress at the Second Round Table Conference |
| December 28 1931 |
Arrives in Bombay After His Visit to Europe |
| September 1932 |
Begins Six-Day Fast to Protest Separate Elections for Untouchables |
| September 17 1934 |
Announces Retirement from Politics to Focus on Village Economics |
| April 30 1936 |
Gandhi Relocates Base of Operations to Sevagram, a Small Village Near Wardha in Central India |
| March 3 1939 |
Announces Fast-Unto-Death in the Effort to Form a People's Council in Rajkot |
| August 9 1942 |
Gandhi is Arrested, Along with the Entire Congress Working Committee |
| August 15 1942 |
Mahadev Desai, Gandhi's Personal Secretary, Dies From Heart Failure |
| February 22 1944 |
Kasturba Gandhi Dies at Age 74 |
| January 12 1948 |
Gandhi Announces Fast to End Hindu/Muslim Violence in Delhi |
| January 30 1948 |
Mahatma Gandhi gets shot three times by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu Extremist |