The Great War By mslye15 Mar 16, 1885 The Hindu Indian national congress is formed Period: Mar 16, 1900 to Mar 16, 1955 The Great War Mar 16, 1906 the Muslim League is established Mar 16, 1911 The revolutionary alliance (KMT) overthrows the qing dynasty Mar 16, 1914 World War One Begins Mar 16, 1917 The Chinese government declare war on germany They hoped for an allied victory, so they would gain back land. Mar 16, 1917 The US enters the War Mar 16, 1918 Armistice Signed Mar 16, 1919 the rowlatts act is passed permitted the govt to jail protesters w/out trial for up to 2 yrs Mar 16, 1920 Gandhi leads movement of civil disobedience Mar 16, 1921 A group meets to organize a communist party Mar 16, 1923 Mustafa Kemal transforms Turkey into Republic Mar 16, 1925 Sun Yixian Dies Mar 16, 1927 Nationalist forces and gangs move into Shanghai and massacre the communists Mar 16, 1928 1928 Jiang Jieshi becomes the president of the nationalist republic of china Mar 16, 1931 The Japanese invade manchuria Mar 16, 1933 Jiang gathers an army of 700,000 men and surround the communist stronghold Mar 16, 1934 Mao Zedong heads Long March Mar 16, 1937 the Japanese launched an all out attack on china