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Jun 26, 1497
Vasco De Gama Sails for India
DeGama landed at the port of Calicut. De Gama's cargo of spices, silks, and gems was 60 times the cost of the voyage. Hea had given Portugal a direct sea route to India. -
Establishment of The British East India Company
The Brititsh East India Company was given permission to trade with India. The company wanted to get spices from Eaast Indes, they needed goods to trade for spices. They got cotton from India. -
Decline of the Mughal Empire
Aurangzeb was ruling and the power of the empire weakened. He was very oppressive. He drained the empire of their resoures. -
British overcome French and take control of India.
Robert Cive led the troops and gainied control of tyhe capital of Karnataka. The french surrenedered. -
Seboy Rebellion
The rebellion of Hindu and musilm soldiers against the british in india because they resented nationalism. The result was the British government taking direct control of india. -
British Colonized India
After the indian rebellion, the Raj ruled britain from 1757-1947. The bulit railways, factories, schools and courts. -
Industrial Revolution in britain
The shift of making goods by hand to making them by machine. The shuttle, spinning whhel, and the wayer frame to name a few. -
Creation of the inddian national congress
They eanted economic reform and a bigger role in making british policy for india. THey demanded modernization and change. -
Creation of the muslim league
Founded to protect Muslim interest in india. Its leader, Muhammed Ai Jinnah insisted Muslims resign from the congress party because he did not want to be controoled by Hindus. -
Rowlett Acts
Laws passed that allowed british government to jail anti- british protesters without trial for as long as two years. -
Amritsar Massare
British troopps massacre unarmed demonstrators in a city park. Gandhi began to organize a campaign of mass civil disobedience againist british oppressive rule. -
Gandhi's travels stessing nonviolent resistance
Gandhi teachs noncooperation, boycotts, strikes and demonstrations against the british. All non- violent activities/ -
Mohands Gandhi's leadership of the INC
He was elected as president and immediately introduced many reforms. He had a deeply religious approach to politics. -
The salt March
According to british law, indiuans could only buy salt from the government. Gandhi led his follwers on a 240 mile walk to the sea, where they made their own salt. -
Government of India act
Procided a local self- government for the indian people with limited elections but not total independence. -
World war 2
The war left britain in debt and the expense of maintaining distant colonies would be expensive. British was to hand over power but to who? THe hindus or muslims. Riots broke out. -
Partitiion
THe division of india into separate hindu and muslim nations. -
Indiain/Pakistian Independence
The nortgwest and eastern regions of india would become west pakistan and east pakistan. Muslims would govern themselves. -
Gandhi's Death
A hindu extrmist who thought gandi was too protective of musiolms shot and killed him.