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A feeling of nationalism began to surface in India in the 1800s. People began to be upset that their country was a part of the British colonial empire.
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India gets Captured
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Mohandas Gandhi was a Hindu who believed in a nonvoilent protest as a meansa of gaining freedom from Great Britain. He led a successful independence movement in which he and his followers willingly endured beatings, imprisonment and even death at the hands of British Authorities
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The Indian National Congress was organized
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The Muslim League was formed. It attracted Indians who followed Islam.
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World War starts. Indians help British people for independence
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during WW1 millions of Indians joined forces with British rule. The British then made a new law called the Rowlatt Act ,which gave british the power to send Indians to jail for up to two years without a trial.
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British started fighting, following the slaughter at Amritsar.
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To cooperate with British without using any violence.
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The Amritsar Masscre
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WW2 broke out, Great Britian offered India dominion status in the British Empire if they would help the war effort. This would mean more independence, but not the complete independence India wanted.
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Indian National Congress sided with Gandhi and decided not to fight with Britian
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India gets divided
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Gandhi gets assinated
