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Gandhi's Life

  • Gandhi's Birth

    Gandhi's Birth
    Gandhi was born in Porbandor India, his father was a village leader and gandhi's life was very influenced by his teachings.
  • Period: to

    Gandhi's Sliver of existence in time.

    Birth to Death.
  • Child Marriage

    Child Marriage
    Gandhi was placed into an arranged marriage at the age of 14.
  • Fathers Death

    Fathers Death
    Gandhi's father had a huge influence on his life, he is who sought his need to study in school and to be the human rights hero he is today.
  • Studying in England

    Studying in England
    Gandhi travelled to an England University in his early 20's to study law for he wished to become a lawyer back in india.
  • Return to India

    Gandhi returned to india expecting to be a lawyer but his first day in court went horrible as he was to afraid to speak in public view, this led him down a long path of gaining courage.
  • Sailing to South Africa

    gandhi was sent to settle a case for a firm in SA, He became subject to color discrimination which led Gandhi to fight for human rights.
  • Indias long journey to independance.

    Gandhi in this year created the first independance declaration and also co-founded the Natal Indian Congress which fought for indian independance.
  • Militant Movement

    Gandhi organized and Indian ambulance corps which healed both sides of the Boer war between the Brits and Indian militants.
  • Moving

    Gandhi sailed back to india from South Africa to bring family out of unstable India to the United Kingdom where they are safe and treated eaqually.
  • Return to South Africa

    The indian community requested Gandhi return to keep fighting to end segregation and to lead protests.
  • Prison #1

    Sentenced to 2 months in an indian prison for peaceful protests, Indian extremists nearly kill Gandhi this year, and many indians burn passports to end british rule.
  • Prison time #2

    sentenced to another 3 months for protesting in Bombay.
  • To England!

    Sailed to present indian independance in parlement.
  • True Beggining of Campaign for indian Independance

  • Strike

    Lead a strike for mill workers in Ahmedabad.
  • Massacre

    At a public meeting in Amritsar 1000+ Sikhs are massacred (india has created a national memorial day)
  • President

    Elected President of all of india.
  • Prison #3

    Sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for Sedition.
  • Salt!

    Broke salt act by picking up a handful of salt in Dandhi, Hundreds of thousands arrested
  • Death

    Gandhi Is assasinated at a prayer meeting in Birla House by Naturam Godse, a hindu extremist.