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Boycotts of British goods
People did not want taxes on sugar, tea, and stamps. So they boycotted the British goods. They figuered it would stop the taxing. -
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Indian Independance Timeline
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Ghandi returns to India
Three days later, after he came back, he was honored by the people of Bombay. -
Civil disobedience
It is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power. -
Amritsar massacre
This was when a crowd of nonviolent protesters, along with Baishakhi pilgrims, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab, were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer. -
Salt March embarrassed
It was huge survival substance and everyone wanted it, but Gandhi decided to set out and end it. This is because you could only buy salt from the government. (Indians were forbidden to touch natural salt from the sea). -
Salt March
It took place from March to April 1930 in India, was an act of civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) to protest British rule in India. -
Seperate muslim state
Pakistan started to become a muslim state, so it was known as a "seperate part" of India. -
WWII begins
War II began before dawn even had the opportunity to break in September 1939 when German forces tore into Poland. -
Gandhi is killed
He was assassinated on January 30, 1948 in New Delhi, India. -
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
He was a lawyer, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan's creation on 14 August 1947, and then as Pakistan's first Governor-General until his death. -
Two Countries
Pakistan wanted to be a muslim country while India did not. Pakistan and India considered each other as independent countries. -
Tragedy unfolds
Amid the massive confusion and panic, up to 1 million people (perhaps many more) died; while untold numbers of women suffered a fate worse than death -- they were raped, sometimes tortured, gang-raped and murdered.
