Date Event How is this evidence of influence of Satyagraha
1869
The birth of Mahatma Gandhi
Ordinary man, no effect of his birth.
1883
Gandhi married 14 year old Kasturbai Makhanji at age 13.
1888
Gandhi travelled to London to study law
Became well educated, more educated then other Indians
1893-1914
Gandhi travelled to South Africa to work as legal representative for Muslim Indian Traders
Uses his knowledge to stop racism against Indians in south Africa
1908
Gandhi is imprisoned in South Africa.
Gandhi was arrested for trying to stop racism against Indians, he went on hunger strikes
-active engagement
-non-violence
1915-1947
Gandhi returns India
Is welcomed back to India, stays permanently
1918
Gandhi was invited to a war conference.
1919
Amritsar massacre
Indian protesters consisting of men, women and children were shot at by British troops
1920
Campaign against British cloth
Gandhi told other Indians not to buy the British cloth and instead he taught them how to make their own
1929
Hunger strike
Gandhi and some of his allies fasted for 116 days
-active engagement 1930
Gandhi went on the salt march to stop the tax on salt
Gandhi and other Indians marched to Dandi to make their own salt to stop the tax on salt.
-Passive resistance
-active engagement
1930
Gandhi put in jail
Gandhi was arrested for breaking the salt laws. Gandhi did not resist arrest. He went on hunger strikes while in prison.
1942
Quit India movement
The protest was the result of WWII, 60,000 Indians were arrested from the protest.
1947
British departure from India
The British leave India and India become independent form the British. Shows the success Gandhi’s satyagraha
1948
Gandhi was assassinated
Gandhi was killed by Nathuram Godse who then surrendered and was executed later
1. ‘Satyagraha’ means ‘insistence on truth’. In some Indian local languages, it means ‘soul force’ or ‘truth force’. Ghandi’s campaign for rights for the Indian independence, and his life, were based around these values. As a boy, while he broke the rules of his religion by eating meat, he would confess these crimes to his father, and bear the punishments.
this photo shows Ghandi’s beliefs as simply leaving himself to be remembered for his peaceful protests. He didn’t want to leave some fabricated message, he simply wanted that people would remember his life and copy his example.