1997 Death Richard Vernon, British actor (Gandhi, Hard Days Night), dies at 72 1995 Death Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, dies at 68 1994 Death Ernest Clark, actor (Pope Must Die, Gandhi), dies at 82 1991 Death Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated at 46 1991 Death Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, killed by bomb at 46 1990 Death Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at 40 1989 Event India president Rajiv Gandhi, resigns 1986 Event Failed assassination attempt on India premier Rajiv Gandhi 1986 Event Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi 1985 Event Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India 1985 Event Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai 1984 Event Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th Prime Minister succeeds his mother, Indira Gandhi 1984 Event Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections 1984 Event Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India 1984 Event Body of assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi cremated 1984 Death Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, assassinated by 2 of her bodyguards at age 66 1984 Event Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site, Golden Temple 1983 Event 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi," Ben Kingsley and Meryl Streep win 1983 Event 40th Golden Globes: Gandhi, ET and Tootsie win 1982 Event Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 1st visit to U.S. in almost 11 years 1980 Death Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician, dies 1980 Event Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India 1978 Event India's former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, released from jail 1978 Event Indira Gandhi ambushed in India 1977 Event Indira Gandhi arrested 1977 Event Indira Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India 1977 Event Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India 1975 Event Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency 1970 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth) 1966 Event Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister 1949 Birthday Ian Charleson, Edinburgh Scotland, actor, Gandhi, Chariots of Fire 1948 Death Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader 1948 Event Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast 1947 Event Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali 1944 Birthday Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, 1984-89 1944 Event Gandhi freed from prison 1943 Birthday Ben Kingsley, Scarborough England, actor, Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice 1942 Event Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" campaign by the All-India Congress 1936 Event Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party 1934 Event In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience 1932 Event Gandhi begins hunger strike against treatment of untouchables 1932 Event British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi and Nehru 1931 Event Gandhi and British viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact 1930 Event Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax 1930 Event Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India 1927 Birthday Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi 1925 Birthday Richard Vernon, born in England, actor, Servant, Gandhi, Hard Days Night 1924 Event Mahatma Gandhi released from jail 1923 Birthday Richard Attenborough, England, actor and director, Gandhi, Young Winston 1922 Event British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison 1922 Event British magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K. Gandhi to 6 years in prison for disobedience 1919 Event Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act 1917 Birthday Indira Gandhi, born in Allahabad, India, Indian PM, 1966 - 1977, 1980 - 1984 1914 Event Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa 1913 Event Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa 1869 Birthday Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader
