Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
Timeline: Major Evetnts
May 1894 
1901-02 

1903 
Sep 1906 

June 1907 
May 1910 
Sep 1913  
May 1915 
Feb 1918 

April 1918 

April 1920 
Jan 1930 
Mar 1930 
Mar 1931 
July 1933 
Oct 1934 
Aug 1942 
Sep 1944 
May 1947
Organized the Natal Indian Congress
Traveled extensively in India, attended Indian National Congress meeting in Calcutta and opened law office in Bombay
Established the weekly journal 'Indian Opinion'. Organized Phoenix Farm near Durban.
First 'satyagraha' campaign in protest against proposed Asiatic ordinance directed against Indian immigrants in Transvaal.
Organized 'Satyagraha' against compulsory registration of Asiatics (The Black Act)
Established Tolstoy farm near Johannesburg
Third 'satyagraha' campaign. Led 2,000 Indian miners from New Castle across Transvaal border.
Established Satyagraha Ashram near Ahmedabad
Led strike on mill workers at Ahmedabad. Millowners agreed to arbitration after his three-day fast (his first fast in India).
Organized nationwide strike against the Rowlatt Bills. Became Editor of English weekly 'Young India' and Gujarati weekly 'Navajivan'.
Elected president of All India Home Rule League
Proposed day as National Independence day. Third all-India 'satyagraha' campaign.
Set out from Sabarmati with 79 volunteers on historic Salt March 385 kms. to sea at Dandi
Gandhi lrwin (Viceroy) Pact signed, which ended civil disobedience.
Disbanded Sabarmati Ashram which then became center for removal of untouchability
Launched All India Village Industries Association
Congress passed 'Quit India' resolution - the final nation-wide "Satyagraha campaign" with Gandhi as the leader
Talks with Jinnah of Muslim League in Bombay on Hindu-Muslim amity.
Opposed Congress decision to accept division of country into India and Pakistan.
"Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds."
                         - Mahatma Gandhi
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This website is created by Sue Franz as a class assignment for MG648, "Leadership"  of Master of Management Program at Aquinas College.   
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