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The Amristar Massacre turned million of patient and moderate Indians from loyal supporters of the British raj into national revolutionaries who would never be able trust to British 'fair play' or cooperate with a government capable of such action.
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The Salt Satyagraha was a campaign of non-violent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India which began with the Salt March to Dandi on March 12, 1930.
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The Quit India Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Gandhi's call for immediate independence.
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Britain agreed to the formation of Pakistan as a separate dominion within the Commonwealth in Aug. 1947, a bitter disappointment to India's dream of a unified subcontinent.
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India's Independence Day is celebrated on 15 August to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation on that day in 1947.
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Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948, shot at point-blank range by Nathuram Godse, an activist. Since 1934, there had been five unsuccessful attempts to kill Gandhi.
