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Sepoys in the Presidency of Bengal revolted against their British officers.
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The Government of India Act 1858 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on August 2, 1858.
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The congress led India to Independence later peaceful struggle.
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Gandhi is thrown off of a train in South Africa for not moving from his First Class seat to Third Class even though he bought the ticket with his own money.
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Gandhi is beaten up by a mob of white settlers. His life is saved when the wife of the Durban Police Chief stands between Gandhi and his attackers.
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Muslim League was founded at Decca on December 31st.
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Gandhi and 2,000 fellow Indians in Johannesburg burn their registration cards in protest.
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Indian labourers were speedily realising the need for their own organisations.
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The Rowlatt Acts allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries.
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Gandhi gets people to more intently boycott British products and encourages people to start making their own clothes rather than buying British clothing.
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The Indian Nationall congress adopted the Non-Co-operation Resolution. Some crucial changes were made in the organization of the Congress, so that it becomes a real political party.
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Mahatma Gandhi launches the Civil Disobedience movement with his epic Dandi. It was an action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest.
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British does not let Indians to make their own salt, punishable by at least three years in jail.
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Gandhi launches the Quit India campaign declaring India’s independence from British rule. Gandhi is imprisoned.
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The 73 year old Gandhi starts a hunger strike that lasts for 21 days.
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Fearful that Gandhi would die in prison due to failing health and become a martyr, he and other leaders are released.
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British Prime Minister Attlee declares that the British government would leave India not later than Jun 1948.
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India is free of the British rule.
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The Government of India Act 1935 was the outcome of a long constitutional development.
