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Began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company’s army. The mutiny began because of various grievances.
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India reclaimed Delhi from the British under the command of Major Nicholson.
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Last series of actions made by the Indian Rebellion of 1857. A small British army and Indian army overcame the attack of a few states. Some rebels still continued to raid until a year later.
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This parliament was a bill made by Lord Palmerston that transferred all the power from the East India Company to the Crown.
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Gandhi was born in Porbandar from a wealthy family.
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Law in India made by the government to take control of all phones, fax, telegraph, communications, radio, and telex. The government also has the option to tap into phone calls or private conversations.
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It was founded in 1885 by members of the occultist movement. This is one of the two major political parties. Largest and oldest working political party in the world. This party is considered centre-left wing in the political spectrum.
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Bengal was divided by the British into Muslim and Hindu areas. The British wanted to increase the tensions between these cultures.
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Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Nonviolence movement.
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Political organization that represented the interest of Indian Muslims, is formed.
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WWI ended and Gandhi asked Indian people to aid the British. 600,000 Indian soldiers in the British Army.
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The Khalifa was removed from his power and brothers Maulana Muhammad Ali and Maulana Shaukat Ali started the Khilafat movement which Gandhi used to unite the Hindu and Muslim in a movement against the British.
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To protest against the Rowlatt Acts, 10,000 Hindus and Muslims flocked to Amritsar, a major city in Punjab.
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It was made to raise the participation of Indians in the government of India.
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Catalyst of the militant movement against the British. Left the road for the Non-Cooperation movement of Gandhi. the Indian National Congress was urged to to follow the Non-Cooperation movement.
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The British passed the laws that allowed the government to jail protesters without a trial.
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People were protesting the “Public safety bill” and “The Trade Disputes” bill which would reduce civil rights of people. Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw a bomb to call attention and get arrested so they would use the trial and talk about their ideologies. These people are now known as symbols of the Indian struggle against the British rule. They inspired many tennager so need to see an Independent India. These people are known as the Indian Symbols: Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.
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The first day of Indian Independence was celebrated.
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Gandhi began what is known as the Dandi March or Salt March in which he marched from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi in protest for the monopoly of the state over the salt. This march lasted 26 days and 375 kilometers.
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British Parliament passed act that provided local self-government and limited democratic elections, but not total independence.
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Reza Shah Pahlavi had kept all his power and used it to change the Greek name of Pakistan to Iran. Today Pakistan and Iran are two separate places.
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Lord Mountbatten arrived as the last viceroy (Leaders sent by the British). It was announced that he was going to transfer the power from Indian hands to British hands.
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The Congress and the Muslim League agreed that India would be freed on this day. British and Indian leaders agreed to divide the country into India and Pakistan. Pakistan separated its land into West Pakistan and East Pakistan.
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Gandhi is killed on this day.
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Kashmir is ruled by a Hindu but the majority of the population is Muslim. Because of this, both Muslims and Hindus say that Kashmir belongs to them. They begin to fight in this year and are still fighting today.
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Muslim and Hindu fight for Kashmir until the United Nations arranged a cease-fire. A third of the land was put in Pakistani control and the rest to Indian control. Still they are fighting.
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India exploded its first nuclear device underground in a test.
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There was a famine in Bombay, Madras and Mysore where 5,000 people died.
