Thursday 21st of May 2026
05:12:11 AM
MAHATMA GANDHI
“My Life is My Message”
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1869, October 2 |
Birth at Porbandar in Gujarat Province |
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1883 |
Married to Kasturba |
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1887 |
Passed Matriculation Examination from Ahmedabad Centre |
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1888, September, 4 |
Left fr Lndon to Study Law |
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1891, January, 12 |
Passed the Law Examination |
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1891, June, 6 |
In India, introduced to Rajchandrabhai (whom Gandhiji regarded as one of his Gurus). |
| 1869, October 2 | Birth at Porbandar in Gujarat Province |
| 1883 | Married to Kasturba |
| 1887 | Passed Matriculation Examination from Ahmedabad Centre |
| 1888, September 4 | Left for London to study Law |
| 1891, January 12 | Passed the Law Examination |
| 1891, June 10–11 | Called to the British Bar and enrolled in the High Court |
| 1891, June 12 | Set sail for home |
| 1891, July 6 | Introduced to Rajchandra in India |
| 1891, November 16 | Applied for enrolment in the Bombay High Court |
| 1892, May 24 | Started practice in Bombay High Court |
| 1893, April 19 | Left for South Africa representing a firm |
| 1893, May 31 | Incident at Pietermaritzburg railway station (ejected from first-class compartment) |
| 1894, May 22 | Proposed organization for Indians in South Africa |
| 1894, August 22 | Founded Natal Indian Congress |
| 1894, September 3 | Admitted to Natal Supreme Court |
| 1899, October 17 | Joined Ambulance Corps during Boer War |
| 1901, October 18 | Returned to India |
| 1901, December 27 | Moved resolution at Calcutta Congress |
| 1902, November 20 | Returned to South Africa |
| 1903 | Founded Transvaal British Indian Association |
| 1904, October 1 | Took over management of Indian Opinion |
| 1904, Nov–Dec | Founded Phoenix Settlement |
| 1906, September 11 | Started Passive Resistance Movement |
| 1909, Nov 13–22 | Wrote Hind Swaraj in Gujarati on board “S.S. Kildonan Castle” |
| 1915, January 9 | Returned to India via England |
| 1915, May 20 | Founded Satyagraha Ashram at Kochrab, Ahmedabad |
| 1917, April | Started Champaran Satyagraha for peasants |
| 1918 | Ahmedabad Mill Workers and Kheda Peasants Satyagraha |
| 1919, April 13 | Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar |
| 1919, September 7 | Navjivan (Gujarati) started under Gandhiji’s editorship |
| 1919, October 8 | First issue of Young India published |
| 1920–21 | Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movements |
| 1922, February 5 | Chauri-Chaura incident; Movement withdrawn |
| 1922, March 10 | Arrested and sent to Yeravda Jail |
| 1924, September 17 | 21-day fast for Hindu-Muslim unity |
| 1924, December 23 | Presided over Belgaum Congress |
| 1928, December 26 | Attended Calcutta Congress session |
| 1929, December 31 | Complete Independence resolution adopted |
| 1930, January 26 | Pledge of Independence taken |
| 1930, March 12 | Began Dandi March |
| 1930, April 6 | Broke Salt Law at Dandi |
| 1931, March 5 | Gandhi-Irwin Pact |
| 1934, October 29 | Founded Sevagram Ashram |
| 1936 | Wardha Scheme of Education |
| 1937 | North-West Frontier Province tours |
| 1938, May & Oct–Nov | Started fast unto death at Rajkot; issue settled |
| 1939, March 3 | Broke fast at Rajkot (issue resolved on 7 March 1939) |
| 1940, October 17 | Started Anti-War Individual Satyagraha with Vinoba Bhave as the first Satyagrahi. |
| 1942, January 15 | Jawaharlal will be my successor, Gandhiji said. |
| 1942, March 22 | Stafford Cripps arrived in India. |
| 1942, March 30 | The idea of ‘Quit India’ burst upon Gandhiji. |
| 1942, August 8 | Addressed All India Congress Committee at Bombay where ‘Quit India’ resolution was passed. |
| 1942, August 9 | Arrested and taken to Aga Khan Palace jail, Pune. |
| 1942, August 15 | Lighted the pyre of Mahadev Desai, his Secretary who died in the jail. |
| 1943, February 10 | Started fast in Aga Khan Palace jail. |
| 1943, March 3 | Ended fast in the jail. |
| 1944, February 22 | At 7:30 p.m. Kasturba died. The saree woven by Gandhiji was wrapped around her body and the pyre was lit. |
| 1944, May 6 | Released from the jail. |
| 1945, June–July | Simla Conference. |
| 1946, March | Cabinet Mission arrived. |
| 1946, October 10 | Inhuman atrocities started in Noakhali and other districts in East Bengal. |
| 1946, November 6 | Left Calcutta for Noakhali by a special train. |
| 1947, January–Dec. | Toured troubled areas of Bengal, Bihar and Delhi. |
| 1947, August 15 | At Calcutta, fasted as country was cut into two pieces. |
| 1948, January 13 | Started fast in Delhi at Birla House against communal riots. |
| 1948, January 16 | Stated, “I have no wish to live if I cannot see peace established all round me, in India as well as in Pakistan.” |
| 1948, January 18 | Broke fast by taking sweet lime juice from Maulana Azad at Birla House. |
| 1948, January 20 | A bomb exploded during prayer at Birla House. |
| 1948, January 27 | Wrote that Congress should cease as a political body and devote to peoples’ service. |
| 1948, January 30 | At 5:17 p.m. shot dead on his way to evening prayer ground at Birla House, Delhi. |
Statement of Fasts In South Africa
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1913 |
(Phoenix) Penitential fast for a week for moral lapse of two inmates at the settlement |
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1914 |
(phoenix) Fourteen day’s fast for a similar reason |
In India
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1915, June 1 |
Fasted for a day on detecting untruth among Ashram boys |
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1915, September 11 |
Gave up evening meal due to some Ashramites’ objection to the admission of a Harijan in the Ashram |
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1918, March 15-17 |
For a raise in the wages of mill workers of Ahmedabad |
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1919, April 6 |
First day of the Satyagraha movement |
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1919, April 13-15 |
Began fast for 72 hours owing to Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar, and disturbances at Bombay and Ahmedabad |
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1921, November 19-21 |
Fasted owing to disturbances at Bombay |
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1921, November 28 |
Took vow to fast for 24 hours on every Monday till Swaraj was won and started it from that day |
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1922, February 12-16 |
Owing to the massacre at Chauri-Chaura |
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1924, September 17-30 1924, October 1-7 |
For Hindu Muslim unity |
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1925, November 24-30 |
For having detected sexual aberrations in some boys and girls of the Ashram |
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1928, June 22-24 |
Owing to moral lapse of an Ashram inmate |
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1932, September 20-25 |
In protest against the decision to set up separate electorate for the Harijans |
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1932, December 22 |
In protest against Government no allowing fellow prisoners to do scavenging work |
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1933, May 8-28 |
For self purification and of his colleagues’ |
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1933, August 16-22 |
In protest against Government’s decision not to grant all the facilities for Harijan work which he was having previously in jail |
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1934, August 7-13 |
An irate reformer attacked an opponent Pt. Lal Nath of the Harijan up-liftment group with a lathi. Started fast to atone |
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1939, March 3-6 |
For the breach of promise by the Rajkot ruler |
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1940, November 12-13 |
Because he doubted his fellow inmate of committing theft |
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1941, May 5-7 |
Because of communal riots in Ahmedabad |
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1941, June 29 |
For communal unity |
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1943, February 10-28 |
In protest against Government’s propaganda that the responsibility of disturbances after ‘Quit India’ resolution lies on the Congress |
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1944, November 30 |
Fasted or thought of fasting for one or more days. Details and reason could not be traced |
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1946, October 20-23 (?) |
Probably on account of an error by the person who prepared the fair copy of letter written during negotiations with the Muslim League |
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1947, August 15 |
Against partition of the country |
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1947, September 1-3 |
Because of communal riots |
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1947, October 11 |
Birthday according to Vikram calendar, fsted instead of celebrating it |
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1948, January 13-17 |
For communal unity |
Arrests and Imprisonments of Mahatma Gandhi In South Africa
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1908, January 10 |
Arrested for failing to register or to leave Transvaal. Was sentenced to two months simple imprisonment, on 30th Jan. Following a compromise, released |
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1908, October 7-12 |
While returning from Natal as he was unable to show his registration which he had burnt, imprisoned with hard labour |
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1909, February 25 |
Arrested, sentenced for 3 months imprisonment at Transvaal for not producing registration certificate. |
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1913, November 6 |
After the ‘great march’ be was arrested at Palmford, released on 7th on bail furnished by Kallenbach |
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1913, November 8 |
Again arrested and released on bail |
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1913, November 9 |
Arrested and sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment. At Volksrust sentenced for further three months, but unexpectedly released on 18 December, 1913 |
In India
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1917, April 16 |
While touring Champaran served with a notice to leave the district but was not arrested |
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1919, April 10 |
Arrested at Palwal on his way to Amritsar and was taken back to Bombay where he was released on 11 April |
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1922, March 10 |
Arrested near Sabarmati Ashram for writing three articles in ‘Young India’ Sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. Released from Yeravada prison on 5 February, 1924 unconditionally after an operation on 12 January, 1924 |
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1929, March 4 |
Arrested and released for burning foreign clothes at Calcutta |
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1930, May 5 |
At 00:45 arrested at Karadi near Dandi for violating the Salt law, without trial was imprisoned and released unconditionally on 26 January, 1931 |
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1932, January 4 |
Arrested in Bombay at 3 a.m. and taken to Yeravada Jail. On 8 May 1933 as he started fast was released at 6 p.m. |
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1933, August 1 |
Arrested early in the morning at Ahmedabad following his march toward Rass and released on 4 August at 9 a.m. Was asked to leave Yeravada limits by 9:30 a.m. Did not comply, so arrested on the same day at 9:50 a.m. and sentenced to one year imprisonment. Started fast on 16 August. He was shifted to Sasoon hospital on 20 August and was released on 23 August at 3:45 p.m. from the hospital |
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1942, August 9 |
Arrested in the early hours of the morning under the Defence of India Rules following ‘Quit India’ resolution and was lodged in Aga Khan Palace jail. Released unconditionally at 8 p.m. on 6 May, 1944 |