Detailed Chronology:
https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/chronology/day-to-day-chronology 
Brief Chronology
| Date | Year | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2 October | 1869 | Birth at Porbandar. |
| 1882 | Marriage with Kasturbai, aged 13. | |
| June | 1888 | Son, Harilal born. |
| 29 September | 1888 | Reached Southampton, England |
| 6 November | 1888 | Enrolled at the Inner Temple, Inn of Court |
| 27 May | 1891 | Called to the Bar. |
| 28 October | 1892 | Son, Manilal born. |
| 25 May | 1893 | Reached Durban, Natal. |
| 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. |
| 1893 | Read Tolstoy's 'Kingdom of God is Within You'. | |
| 22 August | 1894 | Founded the 'Natal Indian Congress'. |
| 9 July | 1896 | Commenced writing the 'Green Pamphlet' at Rajkot. |
| 16 November | 1896 | Public lecture at Poona; chaired by Ramkrishna Bhandarkar. |
| 4 May | 1897 | Son, Ramdas born. |
| 11 October | 1899 | Established Indian Ambulance Corp during the Boer War. |
| 22 May | 1900 | Assisted Kasturbai in the delivary of son Devadas. |
| 4 June | 1903 | First issue of 'Indian Opinion' published. |
| December | 1904 | Established 'Phoenix Settlement'. |
| 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. |
| 16 August | 1908 | Breach of faith and bonfire of certificate. |
| 14 October | 1908 | Awarded two months' rigourous imprisonment for entry into the Transvaal without permit. |
| 23 June | 1909 | Left for England as a member of the Indian Delegation. |
| 13-22 November | 1909 | Wrote 'Hind Swarajya' aboard the ship 'Kildonan Castle'. |
| 11-18 December | 1909 | 'Hind Swarajya' published in 'Indian Opinion'. |
| March | 1910 | 'Hind Swarajya' proscribed. Sent a copy of English rendering 'Indian Home Rule' to Tolstoy. |
| 23 June | 1910 | Established Tolstoy Farm; vowed to eschew milk; commenced experiments in frutarian diet. |
| 22 October | 1912 | Gopalkrishna Gokhale's South Africa tour commenced. |
| 22 September | 1913 | Kasturba and others arrested. |
| 23-Sep | 1913 | Kasturba was awarded 3 months' rigourous imprisonment. |
| 18 December | 1913 | MKG released from jail unconditionally with others, before the completion of the period of imprisonement. |
| 22 December | 1913 | Kasturba released from prison. |
| 26 June | 1914 | Indians' Relief Bill (1914), passed. |
| 18 July | 1914 | Travelled to London to meet Gokhale; Phoenix party at Santiniketan. |
| 17 February | 1915 | Visited Santiniketan. |
| 5 April | 1915 | Visited Kumbh Mela, Hardwar. |
| 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 condition of indigo farmers. |
| 18 April | 1917 | Gave a statement in the court about disobedience of prohibitary orders. |
| 17 June | 1917 | Sabarmati Ashram 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 arbitar 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 pledge 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 | First issue of 'Navajivan' published. |
| 8 October | 1919 | First issue of 'Young India' published. |
| 15 November | 1919 | Congress boycott the Hunter Commission and set up independent inquiry. |
| 2 August | 1920 | Returned the honours to the Government, commencement of Non-co-operation. |
| 18 October | 1920 | Gujarat Vidyapith 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 killed. |
| 10 March | 1922 | Gandhiji and Shankerlal Banker arrested. |
| 11 March | 1922 | Charged of 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. |
| 12 January | 1924 | Operated for appendicites at Sasoon Hospital, Poona. |
| 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' 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'. |
| 31 October | 1929 | Viceroy Lord Irwin annouces Round Table Conference. |
| 27 December | 1929 | Purna Swaraj Resolution adopted at Lahore Congress. |
| 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. |
| 12 September | 1931 | In London as the sole representative of the Congress at the Second Round Table Conference. |
| 13 September | 1931 | Recorded a message for the people of America. |
| 9 October | 1931 | Met Maria Montessori. |
| 20 October | 1931 | 'God is' recorded. |
| 5 November | 1931 | Attended (in his loin-cloth) the Royal reception for the delegates of the Second Round Table Conference at the Buckingham Palace at the invitation of Emperor George V. |
| 13 November | 1931 | Declared his opposition to the proposed Communal Award. |
| 1 December | 1931 | Second Round Table Conference ends. |
| 6 December | 1931 | With Romain Rolland. |
| 12 December | 1931 | In Vatican. Met Mussolini in Rome. |
| 1 January | 1932 | Congress Working Committee adopted the resolution of Civil Disobedience. |
| 4 January | 1932 | Arrested and sent to Yeravda for indefinite period; Vallabhbhai fellow prisoner. |
| 10 March | 1932 | Mahadev Desai transfered to Yeravda. |
| 17 August | 1932 | Premier Ramsay Macdonald announced the Communal Award. |
| 18 August | 1932 | Letter to Ramsay Macdonald declaring his intentions to fast unto death against the Communal Award. |
| 20 September | 1932 | The fast commenced. |
| 24 September | 1932 | Poona Pact signed. |
| 26 September | 1932 | Broke the fast. |
| 30 September | 1932 | 'Harijan Sevak Sangh' established. |
| 11 February | 1933 | Commneced publication of 'Harijan'. 'Harijan Sevak' (Hindi), commenced publication on 23rd February and 'Harijanbandhu' (Gujarati) commenced publication on 12th March. |
| 29 April | 1933 | Resolved to fast for 21 days at midnight. |
| 1 May | 1933 | Issued a statement about the fast; unconditional and for self-purification. |
| 8 May | 1933 | Commenced the fast. Released from prison. |
| 29 May | 1933 | Fast broken. |
| 31 July | 1933 | Declare his intention to offer Individual Satyagraha. |
| 1 August | 1933 | Arrested at Ahmedabad and sent to Sabarmati Prison; shifted to Yeravda later. |
| 14 September | 1933 | Went to Wardha with a decision to not involve himself with politics. |
| 30 September | 1933 | Satyagraha Ashram, Sabarmati given to Harijan Sevak Sangh. |
| 7 November | 1933 | Nationwide Harijan Yatra commenced. |
| 25 April | 1934 | A mob attacked in Bihar at the instigation of Lalanath Shastri. |
| 9 May | 1934 | Toured Orissa on foot. |
| 18 May | 1934 | Withdrew Collective Satyagraha. |
| 25 June | 1934 | Bomb thrown at his motorcade in Poona. |
| 17 September | 1934 | Declared his intention to retire from Congress. |
| 30 October | 1934 | Resigned from the Congress. |
| 14 December | 1934 | 'All India Village Industries' Association' established. |
| 30 April | 1936 | Moved to Segaon from Wardha. |
| 31 October | 1936 | Presided over the 12th Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. |
| 12 November | 1936 | Travancore temples opened to Harijans. |
| 2 February | 1939 | Kasturba arrested in Rajkot by Thakoresaheb. |
| 3 March | 1939 | Commenced fast at Rajkot against the breach of trust. |
| 7 March | 1939 | Broke the fast; Chief Justice Maurice Gwyer appointed the arbitrator. |
| 16 April | 1939 | Sir Maurice Gwyer declared award in favour of the people of Rajkot; Muslims and Bhayats demonstrate against Gandhiji and disrupt a prayer meeting. |
| 23 July | 1939 | Wrote a letter to Adolf Hitler. |
| 31 October | 1939 | Congress Ministries resign. |
| 5 March | 1940 | Segaon named Sevagram. |
| 11 October | 1940 | Congress Working Committee meeting at Sevagram; Individual Satyagraha proposed. |
| 17 October | 1940 | Vinoba chosen as the first Individual Satyagrahi. |
| 13 December | 1941 | 'On Constructive Programme' published. |
| 30 December | 1941 | The Congress Working Committee at Bardoli accepted Gandhiji's request to free him from the responsibility of guiding the Congress. |
| 15 January | 1942 | Informed Congress Working Committee at Sevagram that Jawaharlal Nehru would be his political heir. |
| 27 March | 1942 | Advised the Cripps Mission to return to England. |
| 14 July | 1942 | Congress Working Committee adopted the resolution for immediate withdrawl of the British from India. |
| 8 August | 1942 | 'Quit India' resolution adopted; gave the call 'Do or Die'. |
| 9 August | 1942 | Gandhiji and Congress Working Committee members arrested; Gandhiji imprisoned at the Aga Khan Palace. |
| 15 August | 1942 | Death of Mahadev Desai;cremated at Aga Khan Palace. |
| 10 February | 1943 | Commenced a 21 day fast. |
| 22 February | 1944 | Death of Kasturba; cremated at Aga Khan Palace. |
| 6 May | 1944 | Released unconditionally . |
| 14 June | 1945 | Lord Wavell calls for negotiations. |
| 15 June | 1945 | Congress Working Committee members released from Ahmedanagar Fort Prison. Ban on Congress lifted. |
| 14 July | 1945 | The Viceroy declared the Simla Conference a failure. |
| 23 March | 1946 | Three member British delegation reaches Delhi. |
| 25 June | 1946 | The Congress Working Committee adopted resolution to accept the formation of the Constituent Assembly. |
| 4 July | 1946 | The Viceroy formed an Interim Government. |
| 16 August | 1946 | Communal riots in Calcutta. |
| 2 September | 1946 | A 12 member Interim Government headed by Pandit Nehru formed. |
| 10 October | 1946 | Communal violence in Noakhali. |
| 15 October | 1946 | Muslim League representatives joined the Interim Government. |
| 27 October | 1946 | Communal riots in Bihar. |
| 6 November | 1946 | Left for Noakhali. |
| 19 November | 1946 | Handed over the responsibility of Harijan Journals to Kaka Kalelkar, Kishorelal Mashruwala and Narahari Parikh. |
| 2 January | 1947 | Bare Foot March to Noakhali commences. |
| 30 March | 1947 | Tour of violence-affected villages of Bihar. |
| 31 March | 1947 | Met the new Viceroy Lord Mountbatten. |
| 1 April | 1947 | Addressed the Asian Relations Conference. |
| 13 April | 1947 | Left for Bihar. |
| 2 June | 1947 | The Congress, the Muslim League and the representatives of the Sikhs accept the plan of Partition. |
| 13 June | 1947 | The Congress Working Committee adopted resolution to accept the Partition. |
| 13 August | 1947 | In Calcutta with Shaheed Suhrawardy |
| 15 August | 1947 | Spent the day in fast and prayer. |
| 31 August | 1947 | Indefinite fast against the communal violence in Calcutta. |
| 4 September | 1947 | Broke the fast. |
| 9 September | 1947 | Reached Delhi. |
| 12 January | 1948 | Commenced fast at Delhi. |
| 18 January | 1948 | Broke the fast. |
| 20 January | 1948 | A bomb thrown during the Prayer Meeting. |
| 30 January | 1948 | Took three bullets on his chest. Godse the assassin. |
| 31 January | 1948 | Cremated on the banks of the Yamuna by Ramdas. |
