Mahatma Gandhi: From Porbandar to the Salt March, the Life Behind the Nonviolence Doctrine
In 1949, Nathuram Godse received a death sentence for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi, a merchant from Porbandar, India, was born on 2 October 1869 and was killed on 30 January 1948. He married Kasturba at the age of 13 and, at 18, broke Hindu customs by studying law in London. After his return to India in 1891, he established the Natal Indian Congress in 1893. He became part of the Indian Congress in 1919, spearheading nonviolent resistance and the Salt March in 1930. Despite surviving three assassination attempts, he remained committed to peace until his final fast in January 1948, during which Godse took his life, leading Jawaharlal Nehru to lament, "the light has gone out of our lives."
Key facts
- Nathuram Godse, Gandhi's assassin, was condemned to death in 1949
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 and died on 30 January 1948
- The title Mahatma, meaning "Great Soul," was coined for him by Rabindranath Tagore
- He married Kasturba, aged 14, when he was 13, under arranged marriage customs
- He founded the Natal Indian Congress in 1893 in South Africa
- The Durban farm was established in 1903 as an asrama
- He organized the first satyagraha-based protest in Johannesburg in 1906
- The 1930 Salt March protested the salt tax increase and led to his imprisonment
- Lord Mountbatten was named governor in March 1947 to prepare India's independence
- His final fast in Delhi in January 1948 persuaded both sides to cease hostilities
Entities
Artists
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- Nathuram Godse
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Kasturba Gandhi
- Henry David Thoreau
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Lord Mountbatten
- Luca Volpi
Institutions
- Natal Indian Congress
- Indian National Congress
- Khalifat Movement
- All-India Muslim League
- Artspecialday
- MIfacciodiCultura
Locations
- Porbandar
- India
- London
- England
- United Kingdom
- South Africa
- Durban
- Johannesburg
- Mumbai
- Delhi
- Pakistan