Birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, son of a Prime Minister of a princely state
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Biography and Timeline
Follow Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi through 72 dated historical records for India.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1869–1924Years on this page
1869
1881
Marriage
Marries Kasturbai, they have 4 sons
1887
Education
Gandhigoes to University College London to train as a barrister
University College London
Gandhigoes to University College London to train as a barrister
1891
Profession
Practises law in Bombay for 2 years
Profession
Called to the bar at the Inner Temple
1893
Reform of Political Party
Leads a non-violent movement against racially discriminating laws
1894
Natal Indian Congress Party
Founds the Natal Indian Congress Party, molds the Indian community of South Africa into a homogeneous political force
1899
Natal Indian Congress Party
At the onset of the South African War, Gandhi argues that Indians must support the war effort in order to legitimize their claims to full citizenship, organizing a volunteer ambulance corps of 300 free Indians and 800 indentured labourers
1906
Natal Indian Congress Party
Calls on his fellow Indians to defy the new law and suffer the punishments for doing so, rather than resist through violent means
Natal Indian Congress Party
Start of a seven-year struggle in which thousands of Indians were jailed (including Gandhi), flogged, or even shot, for striking, refusing to register, burning their registration cards, or engaging in other forms of non-violent resistance.
Natal Indian Congress Party
The Transvaal Government promulgates a new Act compelling registration of the colonys Indian population, at a mass protest meeting Gandhi adopts his evolving methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent protest.
SatyagrahaIndia
Calls on his fellow Indians to defy the new law and suffer the punishments for doing so, rather than resist through violent means
SatyagrahaIndia
Start of a seven-year struggle in which thousands of Indians were jailed (including Gandhi), flogged, or even shot, for striking, refusing to register, burning their registration cards, or engaging in other forms of non-violent resistance.
SatyagrahaIndia
The Transvaal Government promulgates a new Act compelling registration of the colonys Indian population, at a mass protest meeting Gandhi adopts his evolving methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent protest.
Natal Indian Congress Party
While the Government is successful in repressing the Indian protesters, the public outcry stemming from the harsh methods employed by the South African Government in the face of peaceful Indian protesters finally forced South African General Jan Chr
SatyagrahaIndia
While the Government is successful in repressing the Indian protesters, the public outcry stemming from the harsh methods employed by the South African Government in the face of peaceful Indian protesters finally forced South African General Jan Chr
1913
Arrest of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Arrested & jailed in Natal, an act which provokes riots
1915
Congress Party
Helps found the Congress Party
Independence of India
Returns to India from South Africa to campaign for independence
1919
Independence of India
Persuades the Congress Party to launch a Non-Cooperation Movement
1920
All India Home Rule League
The All India Home Rule League elects Mahatma Gandhi as its President, in a year, the body meges into the Indian National Congress to form a united Indian political front
Home Rule
The All India Home Rule League elects Mahatma Gandhi as its President, in a year, the body meges into the Indian National Congress to form a united Indian political front
Civil Disobedience
Mahatma Gandhi launches an anti-British civil disobedience campaign
Home Rule
The All India Home Rule League elects Mahatma Gandhi as its President, in a year, the body meges into the Indian National Congress to form a united Indian political front
Indian National Congress
The All India Home Rule League elects Mahatma Gandhi as its President, in a year, the body meges into the Indian National Congress to form a united Indian political front
1921
Constitution of India
Gandhi is invested with executive authority on behalf of the Indian National Congress, the Congress is reorganized with a new constitution, with the goal of Swaraj & membership in the party is opened to anyone prepared to pay
Indian National Congress
A hierarchy of committees is set up to improve discipline, transforming the party from an elite organisation to one of mass national appeal.
Indian National Congress
Gandhi expands his non-violence platform to include the swadeshi policy - the boycott of foreign-made goods, especially British goods.
Indian National Congress
Gandhi is invested with executive authority on behalf of the Indian National Congress, the Congress is reorganized with a new constitution, with the goal of Swaraj & membership in the party is opened to anyone prepared to pay.
Swadeshi Policy
Gandhi expands his non-violence platform to include the swadeshi policy - the boycott of foreign-made goods, especially British goods
Swaraj
Gandhi is invested with executive authority on behalf of the Indian National Congress, the Congress is reorganized with a new constitution, with the goal of Swaraj & membership in the party is opened to anyone prepared to pay
1922
Arrest of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Gandhi is arrested then tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years imprisonment
Arrest of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
While Gandhi is in prison the Indian National Congress spinters into 2 factions, one led by Chitta Ranjan Das and Motilal Nehru favouring participation in the legislatures, the other led by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Imprisoned after the Chauri Chaura incident. Begins his sentence, serves about two years of the sentence, being released in February 1924 after an operation for appendicitis
Indian National Congress
While Gandhi is in prison the Indian National Congress spinters into 2 factions, one led by Chitta Ranjan Das and Motilal Nehru favouring participation in the legislatures, the other led by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Arrest of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
A British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison
Trial
A British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison
Chauri Chaura
Suspends the Non-Cooperation Movement after the Chauri Chaura incident, fearing that the movement was about to take a turn towards violence, and convinced that this would be the undoing of all his work
1924
Arrest of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Released from prison
Independence of India
Ghandi devotes himself to the "constructive programme" to build Muslim & Hindu unity
Records, sources and methodology
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