world and its people

  • Indians refuse to obey

    The Boer legislature passed a law requiring that all Indians register with the police and be fingerprinted. Gandhi, along with many other Indians, refused to obey this law. He was arrested and put in jail, the first of many times he would be imprisoned for disobeying what he believed to be unjust laws.
  • Muslims and Indians Unite

    Luck now pact where the muslim and indian governments came together to make britain give indians more power.
  • Ghandi launches campaign

    Nationalist figurehead Mahatma Gandhi launches anti-British civil disobedience campaign.
  • Protest on Salt

    Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi begins a defiant march to the sea in protest of the British monopoly on salt, his boldest act of civil disobedience yet against British rule in India.
  • WW11 breaks out

    Provincial Autonomy Begins with Congress winning power in many states. WWII breaks out and political deadlock in India.
  • "QuitI ndia" movement

    Congress launches "Quit India" movement. (this results in gandhi being arrested)
  • End British rule

    End of British rule and partition of subcontinent into mainly Hindu India and Muslim-majority state of Pakistan.