Question

Tell the main History between 1857 to 1957...

Answer 1

Between 1857 and 1957 indians had to struggle and finally the non violent mass movement started after 1957. After 1857 indians again struggled under the british.

Answer 2

1858   Government Of India Act 1858

1861   Indian Council Act 1861

1885   Indian National Congress is founded by A.O. Hume

1905   Partition of Bengal announced

1906   Muslim League was founded at Decca on 31st December.

1907   Seditious meeting act 1907

1908   Khudiram Bose was executed on 30th April.

1908   Tilak was sentenced to six years on charges of sedition on 22nd July.

1909   Minto-Morley Reforms of Indian Councils Act – 21st May

1910   Indian press act 1910

1911   Delhi durbar held. Partition of Bengal is cancelled.

1911   New Delhi established as the new capital of India

1912   A Bomb was thrown on Lord Hardinge on his state entry into Delhi on 23rd December.

1914   The Ghadar Party was formed at San Francisco on 1st November

1914   Tilak was released from jail on 16th June.

1914   Outbreak of the 1st World War 4th August

1914   Komagatamaru ship reaches Budge Budge (Calcutta port) on 29the September.

1915   Mahatma Gandhi arrived in India on 9th Jan

1915   Gopal Krishna Gokhale died on 19th February.

1916   Tilak founded Indian Home Rule League with its headquarters at Poona on 28th April.

1916   Annie Besant started another Home Rule League on 25th September.

1917   Mahatma Gandhi launches the Champaran campaign in Bihar to focus attention on the grievances of indigo planters in April

1917   The Secretary of State for India, Montague, declares that the goal of the British government in India is introduction of Responsible Government on 20th August.

1918   Beginning of trade union movement in India.

1919   Rowlatt Bill introduced on Feb 16, 1919.

1919   The Jallianwala Bagh tragedy took place on 13th April in Amritsar.

1919   The House of Commons passes the Montague Chelmsford Reforms or the Government of India Act, 1919 on 5th December. The new reforms under this Act came into operation in 1921.

1920   First meeting of the All India Trade Union Congress, (under Narain Malhar Joshi).

1920   The Indian National Congress (INC) adopts the Non-Co-operation Resolution in December.

1920-22         Mahatma Gandhi suspends Non-Co-operation Movement on Feb 12 after the violent incidents at Chauri Chaura.

1922   Moplah rebellion on the Malabar coast in August.

1923   Swaraj Party was formed by Motilal Nehru and others on 1st January.

1924   The Communist Party of India starts its activities at Kanpur.

1925   The Kakori Train Conspiracy case in August

1927   The British Prime Minister appoints Simon Commission to suggest future constitutional reforms in India.

1928   Simon Commission arrives in Bombay on Feb 3. An all-India hartal is called. Lala Lajpat Rai assaulted by police at Lahore.

1928   Nehru Report recommends principles for the new Constitution of India. All parties conference considers the Nehru Report, Aug 28-31, 1928.

1928   Lala Lajpat Rai died on 17th November due to injuries.

1929   Sarda Act passed: prohibs marriage of girls below 14 and boys below 18 years of age.

1929   All Parties Muslim Conference formulates the 'Fourteen Points' under the leadership of Jinnah on 9th March.

1929   Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwari Dutt throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assen on 8th April.

1929   Lord Irwin's announced that the goal of British policy in India was the grant of the Dominion status on 31st October.

1929   The Lahore session of the INC adopts the goal of complete independence (poorna swarajya) for India; Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the tricolour on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore on 31st December.