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On May 10th, 1857 the sepoys rebelled. They took over the city of Dehli, from there, they started expanding to central and northern India.
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The British government took control over India. This is where the term "Raj" comes from, it refers to the Indian people under British rule.
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Mahatma Gandhi gets married to Kasturbai Gandhi.
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The Indian's National Congress was founded and they had their first meeting in Bombay, on this date.
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Gandhi leaves India to study Law, to Britain.
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Gandhi passes the bar exam in England, at the end of Law School.
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The Muslim League was an organization founded in 1906 in India to protect Muslims and their beliefs/interests.
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Gandhi is arrested and is sentenced for two months in prison, The British would do this to make the people calm down, but this would only do the opposite.
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Gandhi arrives at India recieves a hero's welcome.
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Just like the title says, Indian soldiers return from war after fighting against Britain. They came back thinking that Britain will keep their promise, but they didn't as the Britain's showed a lot of disrespect. This made Indians feel as a "second class" type of country/people.
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On this date, the British were surprised by the union and confidence that the Muslims and Hindus had between themselves. These two groups of people walked from one city to another, to listen to speeche's of people to unite them.
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Citizens from India were causing chaos because they felt that there econom was also falling down. They went on strikes, and there were all types of complaints.
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Gandhi is arrested, again, but this time for sedition. He is now guilty because he is saying things that may later cause an Independence.
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Indian Laws said that Indian citizens could not buy Salt from no one other from the government. They put the salt at very high prices, the people in those times needed salt to live.
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Finally, what Gandhi and India wanted, the British government provided India with self-rule for a certain amount of time. It was not yet total independence.
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After waiting for a long time, Gandhi get part of what he wants. India gains independence from the British, but the Muslims and Hindus create separate and the Muslims create another country, what was before East and West Pakistan. Gandhi wants both of the followers from these religions to get along, but Jinnah, the Muslim leader, did not let that happen.
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On the same day that Mahatma Gandhi was going to "negotiate" with Jinnah about Pakistan, a Muslim nationalist assasinated Gandhi.
