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Indian National Congress is formed initially to reform, or to have a share in, the British governing process.
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The INC shifts to wanting home-rule
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WWI; Indian troops used by Britain; Britain promised limited Home Rule after war.
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British denied promise of Home Rule; sparked Gandhi's Noncooperation Movement.
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INC wants total independence from British rule as an effect of this.
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Britain passes Rowlatt Acts, extends its wartime powers; Gandhi leads protests against acts, then later arrested and imprisoned.
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Noncooperation Movement (<i>satyagraha<i>) strengthened by Gandhi to protest British rule.
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An example of civil disobedience in which Gandhi and his supporters walked to the sea and picked up pinches of salt. This was in protest of the British Salt Acts.
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Expanded the role of Indians in governing. Still, only 5% of Indians allowed to vote.
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India gains its independence from Britain.
