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East India Company Rule
Administrated by Robert Clive. The East India Company forced Indian rulers to sign treaties, giving the company more and more power. The East India Company gained lots of wealth from India when the Muhgal emporer granted it the right to collect taxes. -
The Sepoy Rebelion
Rumor were going around that the cartridges of their rifles were being greased with beef or pork fat. Cows were sacred to Hindus and Muslims were not allowed to touch pork. The sepoys also heard they were going to be sent over seas to fight. Hindus believed they would move down in the caste system if they traveled over seas. These events caused the sepoy rebelion. Eventually the British stopped the uprising. -
Mohandas Gandhi (Principles and what he fought for)
Gandhi wanted to express his beliefs through peaceful protest. Many joined Gandhi and took up his beliefs. -
Formation of the Indian National Congress
Indian groups were created to make a change. Some wanted to keep Hindu traditions, while others wanted to addapt new western traits. The most successful groups was the Indian National Congress. INC encouraged the British to open more government jobs to Indians. -
Formation of the Muslim League
A Muslim group formed to keep Muslims and HIndus sepparate as tensions rose. The league was lead by Ali Jinnah. -
Salt March
Gandhi marched 200 miles to the Indian Ocean to make salt, aquiring over 50,000 followers along the way. At the time it was against the law for Indians to make salt. Gandhi and his many followers were arrested. Indian nationalists gained prominence. -
Quit India Campaign
Formed by Gandhi and other congress members when the Indian National Congress refused to support the war unless Britain promised immediate independence. -
Hindu-Muslim Conflict
Divisions began to grow between the Muslim League and and the Hindu Congress party. Muslims wanted a sepparate nation. Muslims feared that they would not recieve equal rights since they were a minority to the Hindus. Gandhi encouraged peace during this tense time period. -
Indian Independence Act
The British granted India Independence when the Hindu - Muslim tensions grew and there became a risk of a civil war. This act ended British rule and divided the subcontinent into two sepparate nations. India for the Hindus and Pakistan for the Muslims. -
Gandhi Assassinated
Gandhi assassinated by a Hindu extremest that believes Gandhi betrayed the HIndus ('his own people'). Gandhi treated all religons as equals.
