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Boycotts of British Goods
Gandhi exhorted Indian men and women, rich or poor, to spend time each day spinning homespun cloth in support of the independence movement, and also include women in the movement at a time when many thought that such activities were not ‘respectable’ for women. -
Muslim League
Founded as a loyalist, communal and conservative political organisation, the League made no critique of colonialism supported the partition of Bengal, raised the slogan of sepearate Muslim interests, demanded separate electorate's and safeguards for Muslims in government services and reiterated all the major themes of communal politics. -
Gandhi returns to India
Gandhi arrived at Apollo Bunder in Bombay. Three days later he was honored by the people of Bombay. Gandhi received a "Kaiser-I-Hind" gold medal in the King’s birthday honours list of 1915. Gandhi agreed with his political mentor that he would go on a "one year probation" where Gandhi would not be exposed to any questions from the public. But his mentor had died while Gandhi was in India. -
Civil Disobedience Movement
The Civil Disobedience Movement was formed under the leadership of Gandhi, and is one of the most important phases in the Indian National Movement. The main goal was to dissobey unjust laws created by the British Government -
Amristar Massacre
A horrifing day for all Indians who seeked independece, 10,000 people including women, and children gatherd in the Jallianwala Bagh to peacefully protest against the arrest of 2 national congress leaders. The British bruttally attacked these Indians who were protesting -
Salt March
People all over India were making salt illegaly, and were getting sent to jail by the British control. On April 6th 1930 Gandhi marched 241 miles on foot and arrived at the coastal village of Dandi, India, where he gathered salt. Gandhi had lead many Indians to dissobey British law. But her never used violence or hatred to obtain Indian freedom. Gandhi believed in loving everyone including ones opponets. -
WW 2 Begins
Britain offended all Indians by post-poning further action on independence, and also bringing India into war with out consulting them. Angry nationalists launched a campaign of non cooperation and but were sent to jail by the British -
Two Contries
Conlficts between Hindus and Muslims helped convince Britain to divide the subcontinent.In 1947 British officials drew borders to create Hindu-India and Muslim-Pakistan braking India into 2 separate countries -
British Retreave
End of British rule and partition of sub-continent into mainly Hindu India and Muslim-majority state of Pakistan, Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition.
