Gandhi
Published on Dec 14, 2016
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June 10, 1891
- Gandhi passes the bar exam in England
- 1891-1893- Gandhi fails as a lawyer in India
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April 1893
- Gandhi accepts commission to spend a year in South Africa advising on a lawsuit
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July 31, 1907
- The Boer Republic Transvaal, now under the control of the British, attempts to register all Indians as members; Gandhi and others refuse to register
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January 11, 1908
- Gandhi is arrested and sentenced to two months in prison
- October 1908-Gandhi is arrested again, spends a month in jail.
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1909
- Gandhi travels to London, pushing for rights of South African Indians. The Transvaal registration law is repealed
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November 19, 1913
- Indians in Natal and Transvaal, under Gandhi's leadership, march peacefully in protest of a racist poll tax and marriage laws
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June 30, 1914
- Gandhi and Smuts, the Prime Minister of the Transvaal, reach an agreement, ending the protests
April 6, 1919
- Nationalists hold a day of fasting and prayer, in protest of the Rowlatt Act, which drastically curtails civvil liberties in India
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- Amritsar Massacre; British troops slaughter Indian protestors.
- 1650 shots, 1676 hits
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August 1, 1920
- Gandhi calls for a period of non-cooperation across India. (Fasting by Gandhi)
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September 20-25, 1932
- Gandhi fasts in prison to protest the treatment of untouchables
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1935
- Government of India Act passes British Parliament and is implemented in India; it is the first movement toward independence
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August 15, 1947
- Indian independence becomes official, as does the partition into two countries, India and Pakistan
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