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Jul 16, 1497
Vasco de Gama sails for India
He was a Portuguese explorer, he explored the easter coast of Africa.In 1498 he found the route to calicut India.
Him and his team were amazed by all the goods that they found in the calicut shops. -
Establishment of The British East India Company
Robert Clive, was the leader of the company, it was staffed by sepoys. Their were posts in Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras. -
Industrial Revolution in Britain
Was when Britains machines became so well that they made goods that they spread to North america and the reast of Europe. -
Decline of the Mughal Empire
When Aurangzeb died his sons fought over the title, not realizing their father had handed over the port of Bombay or the gate to the future. -
British overcome French and take control of India
The east india troops helped took over then the british took them over gaining all of their land.They took over until the 19th century when the rebellion started. -
Sepoy Rebellion
Spread over mostly northern India & central India. It started because of a rumor that the british wee using pork and beef fat to greese their weapons. The people took this offensive becaus the cow and pig are worshipped in their religons. -
British colonized India
They unofficially promised to not disturb them but as they grew stronger and stronger they started to change things. They became under the rule of Queen Victoria. -
Creation of the Indian National Congress
Was made mainly for the concerns of the Indian people and so thaat Indian could become independent. -
Creation of the Muslim League
It was to protect muslims interests. Memebers in this league felt that the hindu Congress party only looked after Hindu interests. Muhammad Ali Jinnah wanted all the muslims to reign but they refused. -
Rowlatt Acts
Allowed protesters to be put in jail without trial for a maximum of two years. It violated individual rights but, only some Indians knew that. -
Amritsar Massacare
It was a result of the Rowlatt acts. 10,00 hindus and mulims went to armistar their intentions were to observe not knowing that this event wasn't public. The british were offended because they thought the hindu's and muslim's new it was so they open fired for 10 minutes 400 Indians were killes and 1,200 were injured. -
Mohanas Ganhi's leadership of the INC
Ghandi required the INC to enforce the noncooperation policy with the British goverment because nothing was being done to the officers who were so unjust in the Amristar Massacare. -
Gandhi travels stressing nonviolent resistance
He wanted to be civil, he dids things such as Boycotts, Strikes and demonstrations, and The Salt March. All of these things were nonviolent because in this way they were still working with the law. -
The Salt March
This was meant to defy the Salt Acts( laws that forced the Indians to but salt only from the government, and they had outrageous tax prices on it) During the Salt March they walked around 240 miles to the seacoast and made their own salt tis was a very peaceful protest. -
Goverment of India Act
It gave them local self-government and limited democratic elections, but not total independence. This act was good at first but, started to bring a feud between the Hindus and the Muslims. -
Partition
Is the name of the divison of India into seperate Hindu and Muslim nations, Muslims turned to West Pakistan and Hindus stayed in India. -
Indian/ Pakistan Indepandence
500 independent native princes had to decide which nation they would join and many other decisions had to be made with in a very short amount of time. While moving the nations a lot of violence started with the nation -
Gandhi's Death
He was killed by a Hindu extremist who thought Gandhi was to protective of Muslims.He was shot.
