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Nationalism
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. -
Britian Takeover
India gets Captured -
Mohandas Gandhi
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 -
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress was organized -
Muslim League
The Muslim League was formed. It attracted Indians who followed Islam. -
WWI
World War starts. Indians help British people for independence -
Rowlatt Act
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. -
Amritsar Massacre
British started fighting, following the slaughter at Amritsar. -
Civil Disobedience
To cooperate with British without using any violence. -
Masscre
The Amritsar Masscre -
Dominion Status
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. -
WWII
Indian National Congress sided with Gandhi and decided not to fight with Britian -
Division
India gets divided -
Death
Gandhi gets assinated
