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Gossip sperad amond the spoys, Indian Soldiers, that the cardages of the new Enfield rifles were greased with beef and pork fat. To use cardages, the soldiers had to bite off the ends. Both hindus and muslims were outraged, since Hindus considered cows to be sacred and Muslims, didn't eat pork.
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The british government took direct command of India. East India Company was the leading power in India.
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Growing nationalism led to the founding of two nationalist groups, one of them being the Hindu India National Congress. This for the purpose of freeing India from foreign rule.
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Gandhi visits South Africa and makes his stay for 20 years.
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Growing nationalism led to the founding of two nationalist groups, one of them being the Muslim League. This for the purpose of freeing India from foreign rule.
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Gandhi travels to India to have a better knowledge of his people. Gandhi's interest was to understand the situations in every Indian city.
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When the Indian troops, led by the British, returned back to India from WW1, they were still treated like second hand citizens by the British.
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The British passed the Rowlatt Acts, which allowed the government to jail projeters without trial for as long as two years.
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To protect themselves from the Rowlatt Acts, around 1000 Hindus & Muslims floked to Amristar. But unfortunately, under General Dyer, British troops slaughter 3 million protestors.
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The Congress Party endorses civil desobedience, the deliberate and public refusal to obey an unjust law, and non-violence as the means to achieve independance. Gandhi launched his campaign of Civil Desobedience to weaken the British government's authority and economic power over India.
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Gandhi was arrested and charged with sedition for leading a campaign of mass civil disobedience against the British in India. He was then convicted and sentenced to six years in prison. (He was bailed out after 2 years)
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The British government figure that unless they bale Gandhi out of prison, they will never make the Indians to stop rioting peacefully.
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Gandhi becomes the president of The Indian National Congress, despite his absence from politics. Indians think of him as the only Indian capable enough to maintain equality amongst Hindus and Muslims in India.
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Gandhi organized a demonstration to defy the hatred Salt Acts. According to these british laws, Indians could buy salt from no other source but the government. They also had to pay sales tax in salt.
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The British parliament passed the Government of Indian Act. It provided local self-government and limited democratic elections, but not total independance.
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Indians are granted self-rule from Britain and divided into Pakistan & India (Muslims & Hindus)
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A Hinduist nationalist shoots Gandhi, because Gandhi wants a unified India with Hindus and Muslims together, and the Hindu nationalists don't want to be nowhere near the muslims, and viceversa). So to avoit this unification, a Hindu nationalists shoots Gandhi to prevent this from happening.
