Timeline of Mahatma Gandhi
1869
Mahatma Gandhi is born on October 2, in Porbandar, India.
1888
Gandhi travels to London to study law at University College London.
1893
Gandhi moves to South Africa to work as a lawyer, initiating his first civil rights movement.
1906
Gandhi introduces the concept of Satyagraha (nonviolent resistance) in South Africa.
1915
Gandhi returns to India after spending 21 years in South Africa, focusing on social reforms.
1917
Gandhi leads the Champaran Satyagraha in Bihar against oppressive plantation systems.
1919
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre leads Gandhi to call for non-cooperation with British authorities.
1920
Gandhi launches the Non-Cooperation Movement, urging Indians to withdraw from British institutions.
1930
Gandhi leads the Salt March to protest the British salt tax, symbolizing nonviolent resistance.
1931
Gandhi negotiates the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, leading to the end of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
1942
Gandhi launches the Quit India Movement, demanding an end to British rule in India.
1947
India gains independence on August 15, leading to widespread communal violence and displacement.
1948
Gandhi is assassinated on January 30, becoming a global symbol of nonviolent resistance.