Mohandas K. Gandhi Timeline and Summary

Gandhi is born on October 2, 1869.
He's influenced by his religiously tolerant father and devout mother.
At age 13, he's married to Kasturbai in a child marriage chosen by their parents.
Once his father dies, he goes to England to study law, which gets him kicked out of his caste.
He becomes a vegetarian for ethical reasons after reading A Plea for Vegetarianism.
He goes to South Africa to work with a law firm.
He fights for Indians' rights in South Africa.
He takes the brahmacharya vow of chastity.
Gandhi leads an Indian ambulance corps in the Boer War.
He returns to India and fights for Indian rights there.
He forms an Indian volunteer corps for the Great War in England.
He continues fighting for Indian rights in India.