Time line on indian independence
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May 10, 1857
Indian Rebellion of 1857
This event was also called India's First War of Independence, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, or the Sepoy Mutiny. It began on 10 May 1857, as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army. Sepoys in the Presidency of Bengal revolted against their British officers.
Dec 28, 1885
The formation of the Indian National Congress
From its foundation on 28 December 1885 by A.O.Hume until the time of independence of India on 15 August 1947, the Indian National Congress was considered to be the largest and most prominent Indian public organization, and central and defining influence of the Indian Independence Movement.
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Oct 16, 1905
Partition of Bengal
The decision to effect the Partition of Bengal was announced in July 1905 by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon. The partition took place on 16 October 1905 and separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas.
Dec 30, 1906
The formation of Muslim League The formation of Muslim League
A political organization of India and Pakistan, founded 1906 as the All-India Muslim League by Aga Khan III. Its original purpose was to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in India.
Jan 9, 1915
The Advent of Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa where he led Indians in a non-violent movement against racial discrimination. He emerged as an international leader, and is respected all over the world.
Dec 29, 1916
Lucknow Pact
An agreement made by the Indian National Congress headed by Maratha leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak and the All-India Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah; it was adopted by the Congress at its Lucknow session on December 29 and by the league on Dec. 31, 1916. The meeting at Lucknow marked the reunion of the moderate and radical wings of the Congress. The pact dealt both with the structure of the government of India and with the relation of the Hindu and Muslim communities.
Mar 18, 1919
Rowlatt Satyagraha
In 1919 Gandhiji gave a call for a Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act, passed by the British. The Act restricted the freedom of expression and strengthened police powers. Mahatma Gandhi, Mohammad Ali Jinnah and others strongly opposed this Act.
Jun 28, 1919
The Khilafat movement
This was an agitation by Indian Muslims allied with Indian nationalism in the years following World War I. Its purpose was to pressure the British government to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the war.
Sep 28, 1920
Non-Cooperation Movement
Gandhi started the non-cooperation movement for removing British in January 1920 after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. It aimed to resist British rule in India through non-violent means.
Mar 12, 1930
Civil Disobedience
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.
Civil disobedience refers to the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power.