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Oct 15, 1497
Vasco De Gama Sails for India
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Establishment of the British East India Company
British set up the British East India Company which set up trading posts at Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta. -
Industrial Revolution in Britain
Britian began to develop new technology and methods in farming. -
Decline of the Mughal Empire
The collapse of the Mughal empire was caused by small sates breaking away from Mughal control. -
British overcome French and take control of India
Robert Clive led the EIC troops to a victory over the French allied by Indian forces. It was the Batlle of Plassey. -
Creation of the Indian National Congress (INC)
They were made up of educated Indian nationalists that wanted reform in India. Their goal was to get gradual change: allowing Hindus to hold government jobs. -
Sepoy Rebellion
Rumors spread that new riles the sepoys carried had to be greased with pork and beef fat. Hindues consider the cow sacred, and Muslims do not eat pork. This led to 85 sepoys refusing to use the cartiages. They were jailed and a rebellion started. -
British colonized India
British had control of politcal and economic power. However, the British also gave India railroads and a more modern economy. -
Creation of the Muslim League
Hindus and Muslims had growing tensions. To protect their own interests, Muslims founded the Muslim League under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. -
Amritsar Massacre
10,000 Muslims and Hindues went to a huge festival in Armritsar to fast, pray, and listen to politcal speeches. Public meetings were banned by the British, and the British thought they were defying the ban, so they shot at the crowd. 400 Indians died, and 1.200 were injured. -
Rowlett Acts
These laws gave the British the right to jail protesters without trial for as long as two years. -
Mohandas Gandhi's Leadership of the INC
Gandhi led boycotts, strikes, and the Salt March to overcome British oppression in India. -
Gandhi's Travels stressing nonviolent resistance
Gandhi encouraged civil disobedience which was public refusal to an unjust law. He led boycotts on British goods and strikes to promote non-violent ways to push the British out of India. -
The Salt March
Gandhi led a march to the seacoast to produce their own salt in defiance against the Salt Acts which forced Indians to buy salt from the government. Then others marched to a site where the British processed Salt to shut them down. The British attacked the demonstrators, and about 60,000 people were arrested. -
Government of India Act
This act allowed Indians to have self-government and limited democratic elections. However, this act fueld tension between Muslims and Hindus. -
WWII-Riots between Hindus and Muslims
Riots between the two groups broke out in several Inian cities. In Calcutta, 5,000 people were dead, and 15,000 were hurt. -
Indian/Pakistan Independence
The British House of Commons granted India and Pakistan independence. Princes, courts, military, railways and citizens had to decide where to go. -
Partition
Partition divided India into Muslim and Hindu regions. -
Gandhi's Death
While asking for fair treatment for Muslim refugees, a Hindu extremist shot and killed him.
