2nd October 1869: Birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
1891: Gandhi returned to India after studying law in England.
1893: He received an offer from an Indian firm in South Africa.
1910: A Satyagrahi’s camp known as the Tolstoy Farm was established at Lawley, 21 miles from Johannesburg
1915: Gandhiji returned to India in 1915. He also established the Satyagraha Ashram in Ahmedabad city the same year.
1917: The Ashram was shifted to the banks of Sabarmati.
Between 1917-1918: Gandhi participated in two peasant movements in Champaran (Bihar) and Kaira (Gujarat)
28 February 1919: Founded the Satyagraha Sabha
24 November 1919: At the All India Khilafat Conference, he proposed that India should respond by non-violent non-cooperation.
March 1930: Started his famous march to Dandi to violate the salt law.
4 May 1930: Gandhiji was arrested
26 January 1931: He was set free
5 March 1931: Following a pact between him and the British Viceroy he was prevailed upon to represent the Congress at the second Round Table Conference in London
January 1932: The Civil Disobedience Movement was resumed.
20 September 1932: He started his fast unto death to prevent the attempt of the British to divide the Hindu Community
8 May 1933: He announced a fast for the Harijan cause
1942: His ‘Quit India’ slogan served as the final signal to British dominion in India
1947:India was Independence from British Rular.
30 January 1948: Gandhi was assassinated
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