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The Sepoy Mutiny
Sepoys had been outraged because they found out that the cartridges which they had to bite the ends of had pork and beef fat. The Hindus and Muslims were outraged because the Hindus consider the cow sacred while Muslims do not eat pork. Sepoys rebelled, they marched to Delhi and from Delhi the rebellion speread to northern and central India. -
Raj
As a result of the mutiny he British took direct control of India. The term Raj refers to British rule after India came under the British crown during the reign of Queen Victoria. -
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress was founded. They concentrated on specific concerns for Indians. -
Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience.
Gandhi disobeys racial segregation laws on the train headed to South Africa. He is kicked out at Pietermaritzburg. -
Speech
Gandhi gave a speech to the indians of South Africa about the new british law, that Indians require to give a fingerprint, of how they will not fight but receive blows and the cannot lose. -
Muslim League
The Muslim League was created. At first they focused on specific concerns for Indians but later in the early 1900s they were calling for self government. -
Meeting with different ideas
There is a meeting of politicians who want independence for India but they want it in different ways -
Arriving in India
Gandhi arrives in India with a crowd cheering him on. He starts to travel and discover India. -
World War I Increases Nationalist Activity
When Indian troops returned from the war they thought Britain was going to fufill their promise of self-government. They were once again treated as second-class citizens. Raical nationalists carried out acts of violence to show their hatred of British rule. -
Rowlatt Act
The British passed the Rowlatt Acts, these laws allowed the government to jail protesters without trial for as long as two years. -
Fasting and Praying
Everyone started fasting and praying so that the trains. buses and markets would stop, everything would stop. This was to protest the Rowlatt Acts. -
Amritsar Massacre
To protest the Rowlatt Acts around 10,000 Hindus and Muslims gathered in Amritsar which is a major city in the Punjab. They intended to fast, pray and listen to political speeches. The British saw it as a nationalist outburst and they were alarmed. They were concerned about the alliance of Hindus and Muslims. Reginald Edward Harry Dyer ordered his troops to open fire without warning killing nearly 400 Indians and about 1,200 were wounded. There are estimates that the numbers may be higher. -
Gandhi's Tactics of Nonviolence
Gandhi battled injustice with peaceful protests. The congress party endorsed civil disobedience. There were boycotts also strikes and demonstrations. Throughout 1920 thousands of Indians were arrested. -
Six years of prison
Gandhi was sentenced to six years of imprisonment because of the violent acts that a protest caused. -
The Salt March
Gandhi and his followers were opposed to they taxes and laws on salt. They walked about 240 miles to the seacoast. There they started creating their own salt. -
Britain Grants Limited Self-Rule
The British parliament passed the Government of India Act. It provided self-government and limited democratic elections, but not total independence. -
Independence
The British House of Commons passed an act that granted two nations, India and Pakistan independence in one month's time -
Gandhi's Death
Gandhi was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. -
Protests
Gandhi and his followers are arrested because of their protests.
