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Coming together against India
The primarily Hindu Indian National Congress, or Congress Party, was formed in 1885 to get India out of foreign rule -
Abd-al-Aziz
In 1902, Abd al-Aziz Ibn Saud a member of a once-powerful Arabian family, began a suc- cessful campaign to unify Arabia. -
Muslim League
The Muslim League in 1906 was formed for the same reasons, to have India out of power. -
No New begining
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 -
Rowlatt Acts
1919 the British passed the Rowlatt Acts. These laws allowed the government to jail protesters without trial for as long as two years. -
Amristar Massacare
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 -
Leader if the independence movement
1919 Gandhi gained enough followers to be the leader of the independence movement -
Boycott
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 -
Greeks invade Turkey
In 1919, Greek soldiers invaded Turkey and threatened to conquer it. The Turkish sultan was powerless to stop the Greeks -
Civil Disabedience
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. -
Campaign made of civil disobedience
Gandhi made his campaign of civil disobedience to weaken the British government’s authority and economic power over India. -
Mustafa Kemal
In 1922, a brilliant commander, Mustafa Kemal successfully led Turkish nationalists in fighting back the Greeks and their British backers. -
Kemal President
In 1923, Kemal became the president of the new Republic of Turkey, the first republic in Southwest Asia. -
Reza Shah
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. -
Salt March
In 1930, Gandhi organized a demonstration to defy the hated Salt Acts.This peaceful protest was called the Salt March. -
Arrested
During 1930 eventually, about 60,000 people, including Gandhi, were arrested. More demonstrations against the salt tax took place throughout India- -
abdullah of saudi arabia
In 1932, he renamed the new kingdom Saudi Arabia after his family. -
Indian Act
In 1935, the British Parliament passed the Government of India Act. It provided local self-government and limited democratic elections, but not total independence. -
Chaing fo the better
In 1935, he changed the name of the country from the Greek name Persia to the traditional name Iran.
