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This rebellion is a fight against the Hindus and Muslims respectively.
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India comes under direct rule of the British crown after failed Indian mutiny.
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Indian National Congress founded as forum for emerging nationalist feeling.
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Muslim League political party is formed in India.
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WW2 was over.
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Brigadier Dyer orders Gurkha troops to shoot unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, killing 379. Massacre convinces Gandhi that India must demand full independence from oppressive British Christian rule.
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Nationalist figurehead Mahatma Gandhi launches anti-British civil disobedience campaign.
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Salt March
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The Government of India Act receives Royal Assent
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Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist
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War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir.
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1947 - Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition.