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| 1869 | Birth |  |
| 2nd Oct Pornbandar Birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, son of a Prime Minister of a princely state |
| 1881 | Marriage | |
| Marries Kasturbai, they have 4 sons |
| 1887 | Education | |
| London Gandhigoes to University College London to train as a barrister |
| 1887 | University College London | |
| London Gandhigoes to University College London to train as a barrister |
| 1891 | Profession | |
| London Called to the bar at the Inner Temple |
| Bombay Practises law in Bombay for 2 years |
| 1893 | Reform | |
| 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 SouthAfrica into a homogeneous political force |
| 1899 | Natal Indian Congress Party | |
| At the onset of the SouthAfrican 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 | |
| Johannesburg While the government is successful in repressing the Indian protesters, the public outcry stemming from the harsh methods employed by the SouthAfrican government in the face of peaceful Indian protesters finally forced SouthAfrican General Jan Chr |
| 11th Sep Johannesburg Calls on his fellow Indians to defy the new law and suffer the punishments for doing so, rather than resist through violent means |
| 11th Sep Johannesburg 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 |
| 11th Sep Johannesburg The Trans vaal government promulgates a new Act compelling registration of the colony's Indian population, at a mass protest meeting Gandhi adopts his evolving methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent protest |
| 1906 | SatyagrahaIndia | |
| Johannesburg While the government is successful in repressing the Indian protesters, the public outcry stemming from the harsh methods employed by the SouthAfrican government in the face of peaceful Indian protesters finally forced SouthAfrican General Jan Chr |
| 11th Sep Johannesburg Calls on his fellow Indians to defy the new law and suffer the punishments for doing so, rather than resist through violent means |
| 11th Sep Johannesburg 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 |
| 11th Sep Johannesburg The Trans vaal government promulgates a new Act compelling registration of the colony's Indian population, at a mass protest meeting Gandhi adopts his evolving methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent protest |
| 1913 | Arrest | |
| Nov Natal Arrested & jailed in Natal, an act which provokes riots |
| 1915 | Congress Party | |
| Helps found the Congress Party |
| 1915 | Independence | |
| Returns to India from Sth Africa to campaign for independence |
| 1919 | Independence | |
| 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 |
| 1920 | Civil Disobedience | |
| Mahatma Gandhi launches an anti-British civil disobedience campaign |
| 1920 | 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 | National Congress | |
| A hierarchy of committees is set up to improve discipline, transforming the party from an elite organization to one of mass national appeal |
| Gandhi expands his non-violence platform to include the swadeshi policy - the boycott of foreign-made goods, especially British goods |
| 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 |
| 1921 | Swadeshi Policy | |
| Gandhi expands his non-violence platform to include the swadeshi policy - the boycott of foreign-made goods, especially British goods |
| 1921 | 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 | |
| 10th Mar Chauri Chaura Gandhi is arrested then tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years imprisonment |
| 18th Mar Chauri Chaura Begins his sentence, serves about two years of the sentence, being released in February 1924 after an operation for appendicitis |
| 18th Mar Chauri Chaura Imprisoned after the Chauri Chaura incident |
| 18th Mar Chauri Chaura While Gandhi is in prison the INC 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 |
| 22nd Mar Chauri Chaura A British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison |
| 1922 | Chauri Chaura | |
| 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 |
| 1922 | Indian National Congress | |
| 18th Mar Chauri Chaura While Gandhi is in prison the INC 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 |
| 1922 | Trial | |
| 22nd Mar Chauri Chaura A British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison |
| 1924 | Arrest | |
| Feb Released from prison |
| 1924 | Independence | |
| Ghandi devotes himself to the "constructive programme" to build Muslim & Hindu unity |
| 1928 | Conference of Lucknow | |
| 28th Aug Lucknow The all-party Lucknow conference vote for dominion status for India |
| 1928 | Independence | |
| The Nehru Report is published, Ghandi launches the Civil Disobedience Movement |
| 28th Aug Lucknow The all-party Lucknow conference vote for dominion status for India |
| 1930 | Arrest | |
| 26th Jan Released from prison to have talks with the British colonial Government in India |
| 1930 | Commission Simon | |
| The Simon Commission is published, Ghandi launches the Civil Disobedience Movement |
| 1930 | Demonstrations | |
| The Simon Commission is published, Ghandi launches the Civil Disobedience Movement |
| 1930 | Independence | |
| The Simon Commission is published, Ghandi launches the Civil Disobedience Movement |
| 1931 | Conference of London | |
| London Attends an abortive round-table conference on the future of India |
| 1933 | Arrest | |
| Gandi is imprisoned |
| 1933 | Independence | |
| The term Pakistan is coined to denote the country of Punjabi, Afghani, Kashmiri, Sini and Baluchistani people |
| 1933 | Rule of Pakistan | |
| The term Pakistan is coined to denote the country of Punjabi, Afghani, Kashmiri, Sini and Baluchistani people |
| 1934 | Demonstrations | |
| 7th April Suspends the campaign of civil disobedience |
| 1934 | Resignation | |
| 24th Oct Gandhi resigns from the Indian Congress Party |
| 1935 | Constitution | |
| The Government of India Act, 11 British Indian provinces with parliaments are created |
| 1935 | Independence | |
| The Government of India Act, 11 British Indian provinces with parliaments are created |
| 1942 | Arrest | |
| Gandi is imprisoned, goes on hunger strike |
| 1944 | Independence | |
| 27th Sep Bombay Talks break down with Jinnah over a Hindu-Moslem settlement |
| 1947 | Independence | |
| 15th Aug 1st day of the existence of the Dominion of India |
| 15th Aug Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India |
| 15th Aug Plans for the independence & partition of India are declared |
| 1947 | Partition | |
| Gandhi urges Hindus not to retaliate against Muslim attrocities |
| 15th Aug Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India |
| 1948 | Assassination | |
| 30th Jan Delhi Assassinated by a Hindu journalist |
| 1948 | Burial | |
| 31st Jan Delhi Gandhi is buried |
| 1948 | Death | |
| 30th Jan Delhi Death of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, assassinated by a Hindu journalist |
| 1948 | Fast Gandhi | |
| 12th Jan Threatens to starve if the government does not pay œ44 million owed to Pakistan |
| 15th Jan The Indian government agrees to Gandhi's demands & pays Pakistan œ44 million |
| 1948 | Plot | |
| 20th Jan A 3rd assassination attempt is made on Gandhi's life |
| 2007 | International Day of Non Violence | |
| 2nd Oct The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopts a resolution declares October 2 to be the "International Day of Non-Violence" |
