Timeline: Indian Nationalism Timeline

May 15, 1850

1850

The British Government controlled all of India. The indians didnt liked that

Jan 1, 1857

1857

Sepoy Mutiny: Sepoys (soldiers) rebelled and marched to Delhi. This rebellion spread to northern and central India. British and sepoys tried to kill each other’s armies. This made the British more racist against them.

Jan 1, 1858

1858

The British government took control of India. British said that the states that were still free would stay independent, however they began to take control of those states unofficially.

Jan 1, 1885

1885

Indian Congress Party is founded

Jan 1, 1906

1906

Muslim League is founded.

May 15, 1915

1915

Arrived to Bombay after being in prison from England

Jan 1, 1918

1918

Indian troops returned home from the war, they were still being treated as second-class citizens. Citizens were not happy about this, and therefore began using violence to show their hatred over the rule.

Jan 1, 1919

1919

-Amritsar Massacre, British soldiers fired on a crowd of Indians that were unarmed. Killed several hundreds and lots of wounded. Civil disobedience started.
-Rowlatt Act: Stated that the government was allowed to jail protesters without trial for as long as two years.

Jan 1, 1920

1920

Gandhi started a noon cooperation campaign to stop using British products like cloth, and instead people bought homemade Indian products. English economy in India goes down because of this

May 15, 1921

1921

Gandhi insisted that there should be no violence in India against the British troops, this was an anti violent movement.

May 15, 1922

1922

Gandhi started to fast for the first time because the Indians were fighting back the British Government, Gandhi wanted to violence at all.

Jan 1, 1930

1930

Salt Acts: Indians could only buy salt from the British. Gandhi an lots of other people walked hundreds of miles. This peaceful protest was called Salt March.

Jan 1, 1935