| 2 October, 1869 | Birth at Porbunder in Gujarat (Sudamapuri, Kathiawad) |
| 1876 | Beginning of Education at Rajkot |
| 1883 | Married with Kasturba at Porbunder |
| 4th 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 Raychandbhai (Whom Gandhiji regarded as his Guru) |
| 16 November, 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 held a first class ticket. On his refusal, a constable was brought and he was forcibly ejected, his bundles pitched out after him. He was left to shiver in the waiting room all night. |
| 22 May, 1894 | Proposed an Organisation to watch the interest of Indians and to oppose colour bar against them in South Africa. |
| 22 August, 1894 | Founded Natal Indian Congress to fight colour prejudice |
| 3 September, 1894 | Admitted to Natal Supreme Court despite opposition by Natal Law Society |
| 17 October, 1899 | Out break of Boer War and Gandhiji joined Ambulance Corps |
| 18 October, 1899 | Started for India assuring to return to South Africa in his service were to be needed |
| 27 December, 1901 | Moved a resolution on South Africa at Calcutta Congress session. |
| 20 November, 1902 | At the growing pressure from Indians in South Africa, returned to South Africa |
| 1903 | Founded Transvaal British India Association |
| 1 October, 1904 | Took over entire management responsibility of 'Indian Opinion' |
| Nov.-Dec., 1904 | Founded Phoenix settlement |
| September, 1906 | Started Passive Resistance Movement |
| 13-22November, 1909 | Wrote 'Hind Swaraj' in Gujarati on board S.S.Kildonan Castle on the way to South Africa from London |
| 9 January, 1915 | Returned to India |
| 25 May, 1915 | Founded Satyagraha Ashram at Kochrab, Ahemadabad |
| April, 1917 | Champaran Satyagraha |
| 1918 | Ahemadabad mill workers & Kheda Peasant Satyagraha |
| 13 April, 1919 | Massacre at mass meeting at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Gandhiji implored people to be calm |
| 8 October, 1919 | First issue of 'Young India' under Gandhiji's Editorship |
| 1920-21 | Khilafat and non-Co-operation Movement |
| 5 February, 1922 | Chauri Chaura incident and withdrawal of Non Co-operation Movement |
| 10 March, 1922 | Arrested. On 21 March sent to Yervada Jail. Remained in jail till March 1924. |
| 17 September, 1924 | Started 21 days fast for Hindu-Muslim unity |
| December, 1924 | Presided over the Belgaum Congress |
| December, 1928 | Attended Calcutta Congress where a draft Constitution of India was adopted on 31 December, 1928 |
| December, 1929 | Gandhiji's resolution on Complete Independence was adopted at open session of Lahore Congress along with immediate boycott of legislatures. |
| 26 January, 1930 | Pledge of Independence day taken all over India |
| 19 February, 1930 | All India Congress Committee adopted Civil Disobedience programme |
| 12 March, 1930 | At 6.30 a.m. with 78 Ashramaties Gandhiji started his famous Dandi March to break the Salt Law |
| 4 May, 1930 | Arrested and taken to Yervada jail |
| 26 January, 1931 | Released from Jail |
| 5 March, 1931 | Gandhi-Irwin Pact was announced |
| 29 March, 1931 | Left for London to attend Round Table Conference |
| 5 December, 1931 | Decided to restart Non Co-operation Movement |
| 4 January, 1932 | Arrested and imprisoned without trial |
| 8 May, 1933 | Started 21 days 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 August, 1933 | Arrested and remained in Jail till 23 Aug.1933 |
| 17 September, 1934 | Stated "I am going to resign from the Congress" |
| 28 October, 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 October, 1940 | Started Anti-war individual Satyagraha with Vinoba as the first Satyagrahi |
| 15 January, 1942 | 'My political successor is Jawaharlal' Gandhiji 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 of 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 October, 1946 | In Naokhali and other districts in East Bengal inhuman atrocities started |
| 6 November, 1946 | Left Calcutta for Naokhali by a special train |
| Jan-Dec., 1947 | Toured troubled areas of Bengal, Bihar & Delhi |
| 15 August, 1947 | At Calcutta, fasted as country was cut into two pieces |
| 13 January, 1948 | Started fast in Delhi against communal riots |
| 16 January, 1948 | 'I do not with to live if peace is not established in India and Pakistan' |
| 18 January, 1948 | Broke fast by taking orange juice from Maulana Azad |
| 20 January, 1948 | A bomb exploded in the midst of his prayer meeting at Birla House, Delhi. |
| 27 January, 1948 | Wrote ‘Congress Position’; suggesting that Congress should cease as political body and should devote to people’s service. Also attended annual celebration at Bakhtiar Chisti’s Dargah. |
| 30 January, 1948 | The day of martyrdom, was shot dead while on his way to evening prayer ground at Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti) by Nathuram Vinayak Godse. |