History Timeline

  • Mohandas Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India

    At this time in history, Porbandar was under controlled by the British Raj. Mohandas Gandhi's father was an administrator for a local chief minister and his mother lived a devout religous life, which means that Gandhi was introduced to religious ideals since he was born.
  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah's birth

    Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born in Karachi, India. (Pakistan was not an established country yet.) His father was an established Muslim merchant.
  • Mohandas Gandhi passed the bar exam and moved to South Africa.

    While Gandhi was living in South Africa he noticed the immense prejudice that the Indian's living in South Africa faced.
  • Subhas Chandra Bose was born.

    Subhas Chandra Bose was born in Cuttack, India to middle class Bengali parents.
  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined the Indian National Congress

    Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined the Indian National Congress becasuse Muhammad Ali Jinnah was striving for Indian Independence from the British Raj.
  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined the Muslim League

    Muhammad Ali Jinnah joined this league because he felt that there needed to be two independent countries for Muslim's and Hindu's. Pakistan would be the Muslim country and India would be the Hindu country.
  • Gandhi won a cpmpromise settlement for Indians in South Africa.

    After this settlement the Indians that were living in South Africa began to be treated equally, or this was the first step in the direction of freedom for these people.
  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah becomes president of the Muslim League

    Muhammad Ali Jinnah was elected president of the Muslim League because his proactive commitment to the league and debating for the seperation of India and Pakistan.
  • Subhas Chandra Bose returned to India.

    Subhas Chandra Bose returned to India and when he returned he opposed the British moderates of the Indian National Congress.
  • Subhas Chandra Bose cooperated with Jawaharal Nehru

    Subhas Chandra Bose cooperated with Jawaharal Nehru for socialist independence for the Indian League.
  • Subhas Chandra Bose was arrested for protesting the Salt Tax

    While Subhas Chandra Bose was in jail he wrote The Indian Struggle 1920-1934.
  • Mohandas Gandhi was arrested for two years due to his opposition against the Britsh Raj and that he led the Salt March.

    The Salt March was a boycott on British made salt, which was a major money producing good for Britain. The Indian people now had to begin to produce their own salt and they need to learn how to be self-sufficient for when they gain their independence.
  • Subhas Chandra Bose was elected as president.

    Subhas Chandra Bose was elected as president of the Indian National Congress.
  • Subhas Chandra Bose resigned from being president.

    Subhas Chandra Bose resigned from being president of the Indian National Congress due to poor health.
  • Subhas Chandra Bose created the Provisional Government of Free India.

    Subhas Chandra Bose created the Provisional Government of Free India. Subhas Chandra Bose also declared war on the United States of America.
  • Subhas Chandra Bose's death

    Subhas Chandra Bose died in a plane crash while traveling from Singapore to Japan.
  • The creation of Pakistan and Muhammad Ali Jinnah was elected as governor.

    After 30 or so years of fighting for the creation of Pakistan, Pakistan finally became an independent country in 1947. Due to how involved Muhammad Ali Jinnah was in the fighting for Pakistan he was elected as the first governor of Pakistan.
  • Mohandas Gandhi's death

    Mohandas Gandhi was shot and killed by Nathuram Godse while he was addressing a prayer meeting.
  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah's death

    Muhammad Ali Jinnah died of tuberculosis after only being the governor of Pakistan for a little over a year.