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Jul 1, 1497
Vasco De Gama Sails For India
Portuguese explorer. Vasco De Gamam, explored India to find valuable spices such as pepper and cinnimon. Portuguese explorers filled their ships with spices worth more than 60 times the cost of the voyage. -
Establishment of the British East India Company
The British East India Company was ruled by the British and had their own army. They had most of the political rights such as trading goods. -
Industrial Revolution in Britain
Machines started to take over in the English life. Machines were used to make goods instead of hands. Also, due to technology, the British used better methods for farming to have a more abundunt harvest. -
Decline of the Mughal Empiret
Auranzeb passed away in 1707 taking with him most of the empires resources. This was the starting point of the end of the Mughal Empire. -
British Overcome French and Take Control of India
The British defeated the French at the battle of Plassey and the British East India Company took over India. -
Sepoy Rebbelion
Their were rumors between the Sepoys that their rifles were greased with beef and pork fat. Pork is forbidden for Muslims while the cow is sacred for the Hindus. This caused frustration and anger causing the Sepoys to rebel. -
British Colonized India
Due to the many deaths of the Sepoy Rebel, the British took control of India under Queen Victoria's reign. -
Creation of the Indian National Congress (INC)
A group of Hindus whose main goal was to gain Independence for India from the British. -
Creation of the Muslim League
Mohammad Ali Jinnah founded this group whose goal was to gain independence from the British. -
Rowlett Acts
The British passed these sets of acts which gave them the power to imprison anyone w/o trial for atleast 2 years. -
Mohandus Gandhi's Leadership of the INC
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Amritsar Massacre
The British banned public meetings which some did not know of. The British instead of warning, fired right away. Some estimate that 400 died and over 1,200 were left injured. -
Gandhi Travels Stressing Nonviolent Resistance
Gandhi travelled across India to spread his way of revenge which consisted of words not fist. He believed that the best way to solve any problem was to do it without violence. He believed in protests, boycotts, stikes, etc. -
The Salt March
Gandhi held this march to oppose the Salt Acts. These acts made the Indians pay tax on their salt, and therefore, as a nonviolent solution, Gandhi and his followers marched over 240 miles to the seashore and collected their own salt. -
WWII - Riots Between Hindus and Muslims
The Muslims were not comfortable with a government full of Hindu leaders and therefore riots were held which caused bloodshed around the country. -
Partition
Muslims split from India creating their own land named Pakistan. There were two regions, East Pakistan (current day Pakistan) and West Pakistan (current day Bangladesh). -
Indian/Pakistan Independence
On July 16th, 1947, Britian passed an act to grant India and Pakistan their freedom after a month. Resulting in Pakistan's Independence on August 14th, 1947 and India's Independence on August 15th, 1947. -
Gandhi's Death
Gandhi traveled to Delhi to help the Muslims get their rights, and in that process he was killed by a Hindu extremist.
