Project - Gandhi Timeline

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October 2, 1869

Birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Gandhi Gets Married

1883

Gandhi and Kasturbai get married

Goes to study for law

September 4, 1888

gandhi leaves for England to study legal and law

Fails at learning law and becoming a lawyer

1891 - 1893

gandhi fails as a lawyer in India

Stays in Africa

1894

He founds the Natal Indian Congress.

Returns late in the year

1896

He returns late in the year to spend time with his family

period of non-cooperation

August 1, 1920

Gandhi calls for a period of non-cooperation across India.

Improvements happen

1924 - 1928

Gandhi avoids politics, focusing his writings on the improvement of India.

Declaration of Independence of India.

January 26, 1930

Gandhi publishes the Declaration of Independence of India

Salt March

March 12, 1931 - April 6, 1931

Gandhi leads his Salt March to the sea.

He returns

December 28, 1931

Gandhi returns to India.

Travels and avoids the problems..

1934 - 1938

Gandhi avoids politics, travels in rural India.

visits Muhammed

1944

Gandhi visits Muhammed Ali Jinnah in Bombay, but is unable to work out an agreement that will keep India whole.

Wife dies

February 22, 1944

Death of Kasturbai

Assassinated by Nathuram Vinayuk Godse

January 30, 1948

Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Vinayuk Godse, a Hindu nationalist.