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early 1600s
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One of the most well-known uprisings in British India. The sepoys of the East India Company rebelled against the British.
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Britain gains control of India. Changed the rule of India from the British East India Company to the British Crown.
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Gandhi is born in Porbandar, India.
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The Indian National Congress was the largest and most prominent Indian public organization, and central and defining influence of the Indian Independence Movement.
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Studies law then goes back to India.
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Gandhi travels to South Africa as a lawyer and gets thrown out of a train because he refused to move to the third class section when he had a ticket for first class. This is what motivates him to start fighting back.
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After going back to India after being in South Africe, Gandhi published a pamphlet talking about the treatement of Indians.
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The All India Muslim League was a political organization founded to protect the political rights of Muslims in India.
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India played a very big role in WWI, and fought in the Front. World War I set in motion forces that developed into India’s independence movement.
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When British troops fired at a large crowd of unarmed Indians, killing several hundred and wounding many more.
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Boycott foreign products to get higher demans for domestic products.
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As a form to protest non-violently, Indians burnt their British taxed clothes.
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The Salt March was an act of civil disobedience led by Mahatma Gandhi. It took place from March to April 1930, with the purpose of protesting against British poduct taxation.
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New Government act is drafted by a select commitee.Both the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League opposed the Act, but participated in the provincial elections of winter 1936-37, conducted under stipulations of the Act.
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Divided India into the nation of Pakistan and the republic of India.
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Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse.
