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The primarily Hindu Indian National Congress, or Congress Party, was formed in 1885 to get India out of foreign rule
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In 1902, Abd al-Aziz Ibn Saud a member of a once-powerful Arabian family, began a suc- cessful campaign to unify Arabia.
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The Muslim League in 1906 was formed for the same reasons, to have India out of power.
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In 1918, Indian troops returned home from the war to Britain and they expected to be treated like they were promised, but they were still treaded like secondhand class
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1919 the British passed the Rowlatt Acts. These laws allowed the government to jail protesters without trial for as long as two years.
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Amritsar Massacre in 1919 where around 10,000 Hindus and Muslims flocked to Amritsar, a major city in the Punjab, To protest the Rowlatt Acts
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1919 Gandhi gained enough followers to be the leader of the independence movement
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Gandhi called on Indians to refuse to buy British goods, attend government schools, pay British taxes, or vote in elections. Gandhi staged a successful boycott of British cloth, in 1919
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In 1919, Greek soldiers invaded Turkey and threatened to conquer it. The Turkish sultan was powerless to stop the Greeks
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In 1920, the Congress Party endorsed civil disobedience, the deliberate and public refusal to obey an unjust law, and non- violence as the means to achieve independence.
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Gandhi made his campaign of civil disobedience to weaken the British government’s authority and economic power over India.
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In 1922, a brilliant commander, Mustafa Kemal successfully led Turkish nationalists in fighting back the Greeks and their British backers.
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In 1923, Kemal became the president of the new Republic of Turkey, the first republic in Southwest Asia.
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In 1925 he deposed the ruling shah. Persia’s new leader, Reza Shah Pahlavi like Kemal in Turkey, set out to modernize his country. He established public schools, built roads and rail- roads, promoted industrial growth, and extended women’s rights.
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In 1930, Gandhi organized a demonstration to defy the hated Salt Acts.This peaceful protest was called the Salt March.
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During 1930 eventually, about 60,000 people, including Gandhi, were arrested. More demonstrations against the salt tax took place throughout India-
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In 1932, he renamed the new kingdom Saudi Arabia after his family.
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In 1935, the British Parliament passed the Government of India Act. It provided local self-government and limited democratic elections, but not total independence.
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In 1935, he changed the name of the country from the Greek name Persia to the traditional name Iran.
