Thrown off the train

In 1893, Gandhi a British lawyer traveled to South Africa to help out Indian workers who moved there. He took a train to get to south Africa using a first-class ticket. While on the train, he gets asked to move back to normal class because he is a colored lawyer. He refuses to and he ends up getting kicked off the train.

Gandhi speaks

After being thrown off the train, Gandhi meets with Mr. Kahn, a rich Indian businessman. Gandhi and Mr. Kahn talk about how Indians are being treated and how it is based on their color. Gandhi decides to hold a gathering to speak to the people about how Indians have rights. Gandhi gets everyone's passes to travel and burns them to show that Indians are independent.

Poverty in India

After speaking to the people in South Africa, Gandhi goes on a journey to find India. Gandhi arrives in India and sees that India is living in poverty. Indians were starving and dying because them being broke. He sees this and decides to live with those people who are in poverty. 

 Day of Fasting and Prayer/Amritsar Massacre

Gandhi announce to the people that he is going to fast and pray for a whole day, The Indians did the same and nobody went to work. After this Gandhi was arrested for Sedition. The British government stated that Indians can't protest anymore, The Indians don't know this. The Indians protest again and they are massacred. Children and women were shot and killed.

Homespun movement

Gandhi told the Indians to not buy British clothing and to burn their British clothing to show that the Indians are in control of themselves. This was called the Homespun movement. The Indians got together and marched throughout India, The march turned slowly evolved into a riot. Police were killed and a police building was burnt down.

March to the sea/Dharasana salt works

On the Anniversary of the Amritsar massacre, Gandhi marched to the sea to make salt. The salt march was civil disobedience to show that salt can be made from seawater and it is symbolic. After this there was a raid on the Dharasana salt works, the Indians weren't allowed to enter the salt works. The Indians still tried going inside even though the police were still beating them.