March of Events

Gandhi born in Porbandar on October 2, 1869

Married to Kasturba in 1881

Matriculated in November, 1887

Reached London for studies in October, 1888

Enrolled as barrister in June, 1891

Returned to India in June, 1891

Sailed for South Africa in April, 1893

Visited India in 1896 and 1901

First attended the Indian National Congress in 1901

Took charge of the Indian Opinions in 1903

Established the Phoenix Settlement in 1904

Led the Indian Ambulance Corps during the Boer War in 1899 and during Zulu rebellion in 1906

Took to a life of brahmacharya in 1906

Went to England in 1906 and 1909

First jailed in South Africa in 1908

Established the Tolstoy Farm in 1910

Led an epic march of satyagrahis in South Africa in 1913

Left South Africa in 1914 and reached India in January, 1915

Established Sabarmati Ashram in 1915, Wardha Ashram in 1933 and Sevagram Ashram in 1936

Champaran satyagraha launched in 1917

First no-tax campaign launched in Kheda in 1918

Jallianwala Baug massacre in Amritsar in 1919

Became editor of Young India and Navajivan in 1919

Launched non-co-operation movement in 1921

First jailed in India in 1922

His khadi tour in 1927

Led Dandi March and salt satyagraha in 1930

Attended the Round Table Conference in London and visited Europe in 1931

His Harijan tour in 1933

Started Harijan weekly in 1933

Sponsored " Quit India" movement in 1942

Last imprisonment in the Aga Khan Palace from 1942-4

Assassinated on January 30, 1948