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Indian national Congress Formed
Once started it had over 15 million members and over 70 million participants to try to get there independence. Once they got independence it became the biggest political system in India. -
Sepoy Uprising
The British had made new rifles in which a soldier would bite into a meat covered cartridge. This went against a very sacred Hindu belief. So on May of 1857, several Hindu and Islam soldiers shot any British man or women they could find. This was the start of the Indian Rev. The revolution all started when a new gun let soldiers bite into a meat cartiage to put the bullet in the gun. This went against hindu beliefes. As a result many Hindu and Islam soldiers shot any British soldier they could f -
Gandhi Born
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All India Muslim League Founded
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Gandhi Returns to India
Gandhi returns to his country India after twenty long years in South Africa. He received a gold medal called Kaiser-I-Hind" that was honored by the King the same year he had returned from South Africa. He was welcomed by the people of Bombay as well as the press, although his mentor told him to not answer any questions for one year, his mentor ended up dying later that year while he was in India. -
Civil Disobedience Movement
This was one of the major events in the revoltuion. This was the epitome of his Gandhi’s philosophy of fighting a revolution without throwing a punch. There was no life lost and the message was sent. -
Massacre of Amritsar
This was the dark spot of the revolution. People gathered to conduct a peaceful protest to get two leaders back. The commanding officer in charge saw the overwhelming numbers against them and fired into the crowd. A lot of people died as a result. Revolutions can go sour and turn out the way you don’t want and this is a perfect example. -
Gandhi is Tried and arrested for sedition
The British government didnt like how Gandhi was leading a revolution, so they arrested him and put him in jail. This was an effort to try and stop the revolution. -
The Salt Match
This made britain the dominant seller in salt. The salt was too expensive for most indians to buy. This march shows Gandhis peaceful way of protesting. Protestors walked over 241 miles to protest the british tax on salt. At the end of the march they arived in Dandi, India where they got salt. -
Gandhi in England
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Boycotts of British Goods
Gandhi encouraged indians to only buy India made goods which in result hurt the british economy in India while making India’s economy better. It was a civil way of stivking it to the man without any fighting. -
India gains independence from Britain
India gains independence after almost 100 years of revolution. Thought there was some death it was a relatively calm revolution thanks to the the leadership of Gandhi. -
Gandhi gets murdered
Ghandi was assassinated on 30 January 1948, shot at point-blank range by Nathuram Godse. Since 1934, there had been five unsuccessful attempts to kill Gandhi. Gandhi was outside on the steps of a building where a prayer meeting was going to take place. He was surrounded by a part of his family and some followers when three gunshots killed him. It’s tragic but ironic that a nonviolent person died a violent way. -
Tragedy Unfolds
millions of hindus and muslims crossed the borders of Inida and Pakistan in both directions. Muslims slaughtered Hindu and Sikh neighbors.
