2 October 1869
Birth at Porbandar
1882
Marriage with Kasturbai, aged 13
June 1888
Son, Harilal born
29 September 1888
Reached Southampton, England
6 November 1888
Enrolled at the Inner Temple, Inn of Court
27 May 1891
Called to the Bar
28 October 1892
Son, Manilal born
25 May 1893
Reached Durban, Natal
26 May 1893
Refused to remove his Paghadi; left the court
31 May 1893
Thrown off the first class carriage of the train at Pietermartizburg Station
1893
Read Tolstoy's 'Kingdom of God is Within You'
22 August 1894
Founded the 'Natal Indian Congress'
9 July 1896
Commenced writing the 'Green Pamphlet' at Rajkot
16 November 1896
Public lecture at Poona; chaired by Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
4 May 1897
Son, Ramdas born
11 October 1899
Established Indian Ambulance Corp during the Boer War
22 May 1900
Assisted Kasturbai in the delivary of son Devadas
4 June 1903
First issue of 'Indian Opinion' published
December 1904
Established 'Phoenix Settlement'
20 July 1906
Took the vow of Brahmcharya
11 September 1906
Advent of Satyagraha at Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, where people took a pledge with God as their witness, to oppose the Black Act
1 October 1906
Left for England as a member of the Indian Delegation
22 March 1907
Asiatic Registration Bill passed in Transvaal Parliament
1908
The term 'Satyagraha' adopted based on Maganlal Gandhi's fomulation 'Sadagraha'
10 January 1908
Awarded two months' simple imprisonment for refusal to obtain registration
30 January 1908
Agreement signed with General Smuts on voluntary registration
10 February 1908
Mir Alam and others assault Gandhiji
16 August 1908
Breach of faith and bonfire of certificate
14 October 1908
Awarded two months' rigourous imprisonment for entry into the Transvaal without permit
23 June 1909
Left for England as a member of the Indian Delegation
13-22 November 1909
Wrote 'Hind Swarajya' aboard the ship 'Kildonan Castle'
11-18 December 1909
'Hind Swarajya' published in 'Indian Opinion'
March 1910
'Hind Swarajya' proscribed. Sent a copy of English rendering 'Indian Home Rule' to Tolstoy
23 June 1910
Established Tolstoy Farm; vowed to eschew milk; commenced experiments in frutarian diet
22 October 1912
Gopalkrishna Gokhale's South Africa tour commenced
22 September 1913
Kasturba and others arrested
23-Sep 1913
Kasturba was awarded 3 months' rigourous imprisonment
18 December 1913
MKG released from jail unconditionally with others, before the completion of the period of imprisonement
22 December 1913
Kasturba released from prison
26 June 1914
Indians' Relief Bill (1914), passed
18 July 1914
Travelled to London to meet Gokhale; Phoenix party at Santiniketan
17 February 1915
Visited Santiniketan
5 April 1915
Visited Kumbh Mela, Hardwar
20 May 1915
Established 'Satyagraha Ashram', Kochrab
26 June 1915
Awarded the 'Kaisare Hind' medal
11 September 1915
First Harijan family of Dudabhai, Danibehn and Laxmi joined the Ashram
15 November 1915
Elected as Vice President of Gujarat Sabha
6 February 1916
Lectured at Benaras Hindu University
26 December 1916
Met Jawaharlal Nehru for the first time at Lucknow Congress
10 April 1917
Travelled to Patna with Rajkumar Shukla to investigate condition of indigo farmers
18 April 1917
Gave a statement in the court about disobedience of prohibitary orders
17 June 1917
Sabarmati Ashram established
20 October 1917
Presided over the Second Gujarati Education Conference, Bharuch
3 November 1917
Presided over the First Gujarat Political Conference, Godhara
7 November 1917
Mahadev Desai joined as Secretary
14 February 1918
Appointed to arbitar the dispute between Mill-owners and Mill-hands of Ahmedabad
15 March 1918
Indefinite fast to keep the resolve of striking Mill-hands commenced
18 March 1918
Broke fast after compromise
22 March 1918
Addressed the public meeting of 5000 peasants at Nadiad; advised them to not pay land revenue
24 February 1919
Satyagraha pledge against 'Rowlett Act'
6 April 1919
National Hartal and Satyagraha against the Rowlett Act
9 April 1919
Arrested at Palval Station
13 April 1919
Massacre at Jallianwala Baug; three days' fast in Ahmedabad commenced
7 September 1919
First issue of 'Navajivan' published
8 October 1919
First issue of 'Young India' published
15 November 1919
Congress boycott the Hunter Commission and set up independent inquiry
2 August 1920
Returned the honours to the Government, commencement of Non-co-operation
18 October 1920
Gujarat Vidyapith established
24 December 1921
Given the reigns of the Congress in Ahmedabad
29 January 1922
Bardoli Taluka resolved against payment of land revenue and Civil-Disobedience
4 February 1922
Policemen at Chauri Chaura killed
10 March 1922
Gandhiji and Shankerlal Banker arrested
11 March 1922
Charged of sedition for the authorship of three articles in Young India
18 March 1922
Trial held at Ahmedabad Circuit House; Judge Broomfield awarded Gandhiji a sentence of six years' imprisonment
21 March 1922
Transferred to Yeravda Prison
12 January 1924
Operated for appendicites at Sasoon Hospital, Poona
5 February 1924
Released unconditionally
6 April 1924
The publication of 'Dakshin Africana Satyagrahano Itihas' in Navajivan
17 September 1924
Twenty one days' fast for communal harmony commenced at Maulana Mohammed Ali's house, Delhi
26 December 1924
Presided over the Belgaum Congress
22 September 1925
'All India Spinners' Association' established
7 November 1925
Madeleine Slade joined Satyagraha Ashram, named Mirabehn
29 November 1925
The publication of 'Satyana Prayogo athava Atmakatha' commences in Navajivan
3 December 1925
The publication of 'Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth' commences in Young India
3 February 1928
Boycott of Simon Commission
27 June 1929
Wrote introduction to 'Anasktiyoga'
31 October 1929
Viceroy Lord Irwin annouces Round Table Conference
27 December 1929
Purna Swaraj Resolution adopted at Lahore Congress
15 February 1930
Wrote to the Viceroy about his intention to break the Salt Law
12 March 1930
Dandi March commences from Satyagraha Ashram
6 April 1930
Broke the Salt Law
5 May 1930
Arrested and sent to Yeravda Prison
26 January 1931
Released from prison
5 March 1931
Gandhi-Irwin pact signed
12 September 1931
In London as the sole representative of the Congress at the Second Round Table Conference
13 September 1931
Recorded a message for the people of America
9 October 1931
Met Maria Montessori
20 October 1931
'God is' recorded
5 November 1931
Attended (in his loin-cloth) the Royal reception for the delegates of the Second Round Table Conference at the Buckingham Palace at the invitation of Emperor George V
13 November 1931
Declared his opposition to the proposed Communal Award
1 December 1931
Second Round Table Conference ends
6 December 1931
With Romain Rolland
12 December 1931
In Vatican. Met Mussolini in Rome
1 January 1932
Congress Working Committee adopted the resolution of Civil Disobedience
4 January 1932
Arrested and sent to Yeravda for indefinite period; Vallabhbhai fellow prisoner
10 March 1932
Mahadev Desai transfered to Yeravda
17 August 1932
Premier Ramsay Macdonald announced the Communal Award
18 August 1932
Letter to Ramsay Macdonald declaring his intentions to fast unto death against the Communal Award
20 September 1932
The fast commenced
24 September 1932
Poona Pact signed
26 September 1932
Broke the fast
30 September 1932
'Harijan Sevak Sangh' established
11 February 1933
Commneced publication of 'Harijan'. 'Harijan Sevak' (Hindi), commenced publication on 23rd February and 'Harijanbandhu' (Gujarati) commenced publication on 12th March
29 April 1933
Resolved to fast for 21 days at midnight
1 May 1933
Issued a statement about the fast; unconditional and for self-purification
8 May 1933
Commenced the fast. Released from prison
31 July 1933
Declare his intention to offer Individual Satyagraha
1 August 1933
Arrested at Ahmedabad and sent to Sabarmati Prison; shifted to Yeravda later
14 September 1933
Went to Wardha with a decision to not involve himself with politics
30 September 1933
Satyagraha Ashram, Sabarmati given to Harijan Sevak Sangh
7 November 1933
Nationwide Harijan Yatra commenced
25 April 1934
A mob attacked in Bihar at the instigation of Lalanath Shastri
9 May 1934
Toured Orissa on foot
18 May 1934
Withdrew Collective Satyagraha
25 June 1934
Bomb thrown at his motorcade in Poona
17 September 1934
Declared his intention to retire from Congress
30 October 1934
Resigned from the Congress
14 December 1934
'All India Village Industries' Association' established
30 April 1936
Moved to Segaon from Wardha
31 October 1936
Presided over the 12th Gujarati Sahitya Parishad
12 November 1936
Travancore temples opened to Harijans
2 February 1939
Kasturba arrested in Rajkot by Thakoresaheb
3 March 1939
Commenced fast at Rajkot against the breach of trust
7 March 1939
Broke the fast; Chief Justice Maurice Gwyer appointed the arbitrator
16 April 1939
Sir Maurice Gwyer declared award in favour of the people of Rajkot; Muslims and Bhayats demonstrate against Gandhiji and disrupt a prayer meeting
23 July 1939
Wrote a letter to Adolf Hitler
31 October 1939
Congress Ministries resign
5 March 1940
Segaon named Sevagram
11 October 1940
Congress Working Committee meeting at Sevagram; Individual Satyagraha proposed
17 October 1940
Vinoba chosen as the first Individual Satyagrahi
13 December 1941
'On Constructive Programme' published
30 December 1941
The Congress Working Committee at Bardoli accepted Gandhiji's request to free him from the responsibility of guiding the Congress
15 January 1942
Informed Congress Working Committee at Sevagram that Jawaharlal Nehru would be his political heir
27 March 1942
Advised the Cripps Mission to return to England
14 July 1942
Congress Working Committee adopted the resolution for immediate withdrawl of the British from India
8 August 1942
'Quit India' resolution adopted; gave the call 'Do or Die'
9 August 1942
Gandhiji and Congress Working Committee members arrested; Gandhiji imprisoned at the Aga Khan Palace Prison
15 August 1942
Death of Mahadev Desai;cremated at Aga Khan Palace Prison
10 February 1943
Commenced a 21 day fast
22 February 1944
Death of Kasturba; cremated at Aga Khan Palace Prison
6 May 1944
Released unconditionally
14 June 1945
Lord Wavell calls for negotiations
15 June 1945
Congress Working Committee members released from Ahmedanagar Fort Prison. Ban on Congress lifted
14 July 1945
The Viceroy declared the Simla Conference a failure
23 March 1946
Three member British delegation reaches Delhi
25 June 1946
The Congress Working Committee adopted resolution to accept the formation of the Constituent Assembly
4 July 1946
The Viceroy formed an Interim Government
16 August 1946
Communal riots in Calcutta
2 September 1946
A 12 member Interim Government headed by Pandit Nehru formed
10 October 1946
Communal violence in Noakhali
15 October 1946
Muslim League representatives joined the Interim Government
27 October 1946
Communal riots in Bihar
6 November 1946
Left for Noakhali
19 November 1946
Handed over the responsibility of Harijan Journals to Kaka Kalelkar, Kishorelal Mashruwala and Narahari Parikh
2 January 1947
Bare Foot March to Noakhali commences
30 March 1947
Tour of violence-affected villages of Bihar
31 March 1947
Met the new Viceroy Lord Mountbatten
1 April 1947
Addressed the Asian Relations Conference
13 April 1947
Left for Bihar
2 June 1947
The Congress, the Muslim League and the representatives of the Sikhs
accept the plan of
Partition
13 June 1947
The Congress Working Committee adopted resolution to accept the Partition
13 August 1947
In Calcutta with Shaheed Suhrawardy
15 August 1947
Spent the day in fast and prayer
31 August 1947
Indefinite fast against the communal violence in Calcutta
4 September 1947
Broke the fast
9 September 1947
Reached Delhi
12 January 1948
Commenced fast at Delhi
18 January 1948
Broke the fast
20 January 1948
A bomb thrown during the Prayer Meeting
30 January 1948
Took three bullets on his chest. Godse the assassin
31 January 1948
Cremated on the banks of the Yamuna by Ramdas