| 2
October 1869 |
Birth at Porbunder in Gujarat |
| 1883 |
Married Kasturba |
| 4
September 1888 |
Left for London to study Law |
| 12
January 1891 |
Passed the Law examination |
| 10-11
June 1891 |
Called to the British Bar and
enrolled in the High Court |
| 12
June 1891 |
Set sail for home |
| 6
July 1891 |
In India, introduced to
Raychanbhai (Whom Gandhiji regarded as his Guru) |
| 16
Nov. 1891 |
Applied for enrollment in the
Bombay High Court |
| 24
May 1892 |
Came to Bombay to start
practice in the High Court as Barrister |
| April
1893 |
Representing a Porbunder firm
set sail for South Africa |
| June
1893 |
At Pietermaritzberg station
Gandhiji was ordered to go into the van compartment of the
train although he had a first class ticket. |
| 22
May 1894 |
Proposed an Organisation to
watch interest of Indians and to oppose colour bar against
them in South Africa |
| 22
Aug. 1894 |
Founded Natal Indian Congress
to fight colour prejudice |
| 3
Sept. 1894 |
Admitted to Natal Supreme
Court despite opposition by Natal Law Society |
| 17
Oct. 1899 |
Out break of Boer War and
Gandhiji joined Ambulance Corps |
| 18
Oct. 1901 |
Started for India assuring to
return to South Africa if his services were to be needed |
| 27
Dec. 1901 |
Moved a resolution on South
Africa at Calcutta Congress session. |
| 20
Nov. 1902 |
At the growing pressure from
Indians in South Africa, returned to South Africa |
| 1903 |
Founded Transvaal British
Indian Association |
| 1
Oct. 1904 |
Took over entire management
responsibility of `Indian Opinion' |
| Nov.
- Dec. 1904 |
Founded Phoenix settlement |
| Sept.
1906 |
Started Passive Ressistance
Movement |
| 13-22
Nov. 1909 |
Wrote Hind Swaraj in Gujarat
on board S.S. Kildonan Castle on the way to South Africa
from London. |
| 9
Jan. 1915 |
Returned to India |
| 25
May 1915 |
Founded Satyagraha Ashram at
Kochrab, Ahmedabad |
| April
1917 |
Champaran Satyagraha |
| 1918 |
Ahmedabad Mill workers &
Kheda Peasant Satyagraha |
| 13
April 1919 |
Massacre at mass meeting at
Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Gandhiji implored people to be
calm |
| 8
Oct. 1919 |
First issue of Young India
under Gandhiji's Editorship |
| 1920-21 |
Khilafat and Non Co-operation
Movements |
| 5
Feb. 1922 |
Chauri Chaura incident and
withdrawal of Non Co-operation Movement. |
| 10
March 1922 |
Arrested. On 21 March sent to
Yeravada Jail. Remained in Jail till March 1924. |
| 17
Sept. 1924 |
Started 21 days' fast for
Hindu-Muslim unity |
| Dec.
1924 |
Presided over the Belgaum
Congress |
| Dec.
1928 |
Attended Calcutta Congress
where a draft Constitution of India was adopted on 31
December 1928. |
| Dec.
1929 |
Gandhiji's
resolution on Complete Independence was adopted at open
session of Lahore Congress along with immediate boycott of
legislatures.
|
| 26
Jan. 1930 |
Pledge of Independence day
taken all over India. |
| 19
Feb. 1930 |
All India Congress Committee
adopted Civil Disobedience programme |
| 12
March 1930 |
At 6.30 a.m. with 78
Ashramites Gandhiji started his Dandi March to break the
Salt Law |
| 4
May 1930 |
Arrested and taken to Yeravada
Jail |
| 26
Jan. 1931 |
Released from jail |
| 5
March 1931 |
Gandhi-Irwin pact was
announced |
| 29
March 1931 |
Left for London to attend
Round Table Conference |
| 5
Dec. 1931 |
Decided to restart Non
Co-operation Movement |
| 4
Jan. 1932 |
Started fast against separate
electorate for the Harijans |
| 8
May 1933 |
Started 21 day fast for the
improvement of Harijan's condition and was released at 6
p.m. from jail. |
| 31
July 1933 |
Individual Civil Disobedience
started
|
| 1
Aug. 1933 |
Arrested and remanded to jail
till 23 Aug. 1933 |
| 17
Sept. 1934 |
Stated "I am going to
resign from the Congress" |
| 28
Oct. 1934 |
Declared his intention to
retire from Congress |
| 1936 |
Founded Sevagram Ashram at
Wardha |
| 1937 |
Wardha Scheme of Education |
| May
& Oct-Nov 1938 |
North West Frontier tours |
| 3
March 1939 |
Started fast unto death at
Rajkot and on settlement of the issue ended fast on 7 March
1939 |
| 15
Oct. 1940 |
Started Anti-War Individual
Satyagraha with Vinoba as the first Satyagrahi. |
| 15
Jan. 1942 |
`My political successor is
Jawaharlal' Gandhi said. |
| 5
March 1942 |
Cripps arrives |
| 30
March 1942 |
The idea of `Quit India' burst
upon Gandhiji. |
| 8
March 1942 |
Addressed All India Congress
Committee Bombay and Quit India resolution was passed. |
| 9
August 1942 |
Arrested and taken to Agakhan
Palace-Jail |
| 15
August 1942 |
Lighted the pyre of Mahadev
Desai, his Secretary who died in Jail
|
| 10
February 1943 |
Started fast in Agakhan
Palace-Jail |
| 3
March 1943 |
Ended fast-in Jail |
| 22
February 1944 |
At 7.35 p.m. Kasturba died.
The saree woven from yarn spun by Gandhiji was wrapped round
her body |
| 6
May 1944 |
Released from Jail |
| March
1945 |
Cabinet mission |
| Jan-July
1945 |
Simla Conference |
| 1946 |
Cabinet plan accepted |
| 10
Oct. 1946 |
In Noakhali and other
districts in East Bengal inhuman attrocities started. |
| 6
Nov. 1946 |
Left Calcutta for Noakhali by
a special train |
| Jan-Dec
1947 |
Toured troubled areas of
Bengal, Bihar & Delhi |
| 15
Aug. 1947 |
At Calcutta, fasted as country
was cut into two pieces |
| 13
Jan. 1948 |
Started fast in Delhi against
communal riots |
| 16
Jan. 1948 |
`I do not wish to live if
peace is not established in India and Pakistan' |
| 18
Jan. 1948 |
Broke fast by taking orange
juice from Maulana Azad |
| 20
Jan. 1948 |
A bomb exploded during prayer |
| 27
Jan. 1948 |
Wrote that Congress should
cease as political body and should devote to peoples'
service |
| 30
Jan. 1948 |
At 5:17 p.m. shot dead on his
way to evening prayer ground at Birla House, New Delhi. |
