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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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