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OCR: CHRONOLOGY OCTOBER 2, 1869 Bom Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, in Porbandar, India. JUNE 1891 Qualifies as a barrister in London. JANUARY 1908 Receives first jail sentence, for leading a civil rights campaign in South Africa. NOVEMBER 22, 1915 Returns to India to found his ashram (religious community) at Ahmadabad. MARCH 30, 1919 Calls first hartal (national strike) to protest British rule. MARCH 12, 1930 Commences march to Dandi to make salt, as a symbolic act of civil disobedience. SEPTEMBER 1932 Begins "fast unto death" over British treatment of the Untouchables. AUGUST 1946 Quells trouble after Muslims massacre Hindus in Calcutta. JANUARY 30, 1948 Assassinated by Nathuram Vinayak Godse in New Delhi.