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Civil Disobedience Campaign
This event "focused on a boycott of British cloth, to the demand for complete and immediate independence, setting the stage for the Quit India Movement of 1940-1941 and the eventual recognition of independence in 1947' (Kurtz 1). -
Amritsar Massacure
This event "involved the killing of hundreds of unarmed, defenceless Indians by a senior British militry officer, took place on 13 April 1919 in the heart of Amritsar, the holiest city of the Sikhs, on a day sacred to them as the birth anniversary of the Khalsa" (Singh 1). -
Gandhi's Arrest
"Gandhi spent almost two years in prison starting in 1922, charged with publishing seditious writings in the journal Young India, to which he pleaded guilty, and used the time to read, pray, and spin" (Kurtz 1). -
Civil Disobedience Movement
"Mohandas Gandhi’s civil disobedience movement of 1930-1931 undermined British authority and united India’s population" (Kurtz 1). -
Change of Leadership of Nonviolent Invasion
"Following Gandhi’s arrest and imprisonment just after midnight on 5 May 1930, the famous woman poet Sarojini Naidu took over leadership of the nonviolent invasion of the Dharasana Salt Works in Gujarat" (Kurtz 1). -
Signing of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact
"March 4, 1931, with the signing of the Gandhi-Irwin pact and the invitation for Gandhi to attend Round Table talks in London to discuss the possibility of Indian independence" (Kurtz 1). -
Quit India Movement
"The 'Quit India' movement, more than anything, united the Indian people against British rule. Although most demonstrations had been suppressed by 1944, upon his release in 1944 Gandhi continued his resistance and went on a 21-day fast. By the end of the Second World War, Britain's place in the world had changed dramatically and the demand for independence could no longer be ignored" (Prabhu 1). -
India Gains Independence
"On Aug. 15, 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru addressed the nation with a new Declaration of Independence and became the first prime minister of India" (FindingDulcinea Staff 1).
