The biography of Mahatma Gandhi and other important personalities is a part of the English portions of the TNPSC Group 2 Exam. To help you get a quick overview of Mahatma Gandhi’s life, we have compiled a few important events of his life. In this blog, we present to you, Biography of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Highlights – Biography of Mahatma Gandhi
2 October | 1869 | Birth at Porbandar. |
1882 | Marriage with Kasturbai, aged 13. | |
29 September | 1888 | Reached Southampton, England |
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. |
22 August | 1894 | Founded the ‘Natal Indian Congress’. |
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. |
13-22 November | 1909 | Wrote ‘Hind Swarajya’ aboard the ship ‘Kildonan Castle’. |
11-18 December | 1909 | ‘Hind Swarajya’ published in ‘Indian Opinion’. |
23 June | 1910 | Established Tolstoy Farm; vowed to eschew milk; commenced experiments in frutarian diet. |
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 the condition of indigo farmers. |
18 April | 1917 | Gave a statement in the court about the disobedience of prohibitory orders. |
17 June | 1917 | Sabarmati Ashram was 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 arbiter 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 pledged 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 | The first issue of ‘Navajivan’ was published. |
8 October | 1919 | The first issue of ‘Young India’ was published. |
15 November | 1919 | Congress boycott the Hunter Commission and set up an independent inquiry. |
2 August | 1920 | Returned the honours to the Government, the commencement of Non-co-operation. |
18 October | 1920 | Gujarat Vidyapith was 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 were killed. |
10 March | 1922 | Gandhiji and Shankerlal Banker were arrested. |
11 March | 1922 | Charged with 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. |
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’ was 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’. |
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. |
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