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History dates Flashcards

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English Education Act

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*1835
*to have English as a medium of education

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Wood’s Dispatch

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*1854
*Charles wood to promote English education

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Adam’s Report

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*1830’s
*Over 20 lakh students and flexible schooling

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Arm’s Act

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*1878
*Disallowing Indians from possessing arms

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Vernacular Press Act

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*1878
*The government could confiscate the assets of newspaper if anything was found “objectionable”

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Ilbert Bill

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*1883
*Provided for the trail of a British/European by a Indian judge
*It was later withdrawn because of the white opposition

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Indian National Congress

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*1885
*All India organization of educated Indians
*72 delegates from all over Idia met at Bombay in December
*W.C Bonnerji, Ramesh Chandra Dutt

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Partition of Bengal

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*1905
*Biggest province of British India, containing Bihar and parts of Orissa
*All opposed it and the struggle came to be known as the Swadeshi/Vandemataram movement

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All India Muslim League

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*1906
*It was formed at Decca by a group of Muslim landlords and nawabs
*They supported partition of Bengal as they wanted sperate electorate for Muslims and they succeed in securing reserved seats in 1909

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Congress Split

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*1907
*The moderates opposed to the use of boycott as it involved the use of force
*It was then dominated by the moderates with Tilak’s followers

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Congress Reunited Return of Gandhi

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*1915

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Lucknow Pact

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*1916
*The congress and the league formed the historic Lucknow pact and work together for representative government in the country

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Russian Revolution

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*1917
*The peasants and workers struggle in the movement inspired Indian nationalist to fight against the colonial rule

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The Rowlatt Act

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*1919
*The act curved the freedom of expression and strengthened police power

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The Rowlatt Satyagraha

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*6th April 1919
*First all India struggle
*Jallianwala Bagh 13th April
*Rabindranath renouncing his knighthood

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Khilafat issue

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*1920
*Harsh treaty imposed on the Turkish Sultan or Khalifa

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Non-cooperative movement

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*1921-22
*Students left government-controlled schools n colleges, lawyers quit their practices, titles surrendered, legislatures boycotted and public bonfires of foreign cloth
*People fought all over the country in different ways
*Called off because of Chauri Chaura incident

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Civil Disobedience Movement

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*1930
*A big movement and Dandi march is one of the actions taken under this movement

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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Communist party of India

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*mid-1920’s
*Two important developments of the mid-1920’s

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A commission headed by Lord Simon to decide India’s political future with no Indian representatives.

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*1927
*Boycott the commission and banners saying “Simon Go Back”

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Dandi/ Salt March

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*1930
*Part of the civil disobedience movement
*A monopoly on the manufacture and sale of salt
*240miles from Sabarmati to Dandi to make illegal salt

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Government of India Act

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*1935
*Prescribed provincial autonomy

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Elections to the provincial legislative

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*1937
*Congress formed government in 7 out of 11 provinces
*Made the Muslims feel like a minority

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Resignation of congress ministers in protest during world war 2

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*September 1939
*India wanted Purna Swaraj from the British if they aided them in the war, but they refused so

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Quit India Movement

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*1942
*Peasants and youth joined the struggle, communications and symbols of state authority were attacked all over the country

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Response to the quit India movement

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*End of 1943
*Severe repression
*Over 90000 were arrested, 1000 killed and orders were given to machine gun crowds from aeroplanes

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Congress rejection the league’s request to form a congress-league government annoyed the Muslim league

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*1937

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Three-member mission to suggest a suitable political framwork for a free India

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*1946
*But the congress and the league could not agree on specific details

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Direct Action Day

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*16th August 1946
*Riots broke out and thousands of people died

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