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INC
Indian National Congress is formed initially to reform, or to have a share in, the British governing process. -
(1905- 1919) Radical Phase of INC
The INC shifts to wanting home-rule -
All-India Muslim League Formed
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WW1 (1914-1918)
WWI; Indian troops used by Britain; Britain promised limited Home Rule after war. -
Mohandas Gandhi returns to India from Africa
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British renegation
British denied promise of Home Rule; sparked Gandhi's Noncooperation Movement. -
Amritsar Massacre
INC wants total independence from British rule as an effect of this. -
Rowlatt Acts
Britain passes Rowlatt Acts, extends its wartime powers; Gandhi leads protests against acts, then later arrested and imprisoned. -
Noncooperation Movement (1920-1922)
Noncooperation Movement (<i>satyagraha<i>) strengthened by Gandhi to protest British rule. -
Salt March
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. -
Government of India Act
Expanded the role of Indians in governing. Still, only 5% of Indians allowed to vote. -
India's Independence
India gains its independence from Britain.
