History dates Flashcards
English Education Act
*1835
*to have English as a medium of education
Wood’s Dispatch
*1854
*Charles wood to promote English education
Adam’s Report
*1830’s
*Over 20 lakh students and flexible schooling
Arm’s Act
*1878
*Disallowing Indians from possessing arms
Vernacular Press Act
*1878
*The government could confiscate the assets of newspaper if anything was found “objectionable”
Ilbert Bill
*1883
*Provided for the trail of a British/European by a Indian judge
*It was later withdrawn because of the white opposition
Indian National Congress
*1885
*All India organization of educated Indians
*72 delegates from all over Idia met at Bombay in December
*W.C Bonnerji, Ramesh Chandra Dutt
Partition of Bengal
*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
All India Muslim League
*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
Congress Split
*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
Congress Reunited Return of Gandhi
*1915
Lucknow Pact
*1916
*The congress and the league formed the historic Lucknow pact and work together for representative government in the country
Russian Revolution
*1917
*The peasants and workers struggle in the movement inspired Indian nationalist to fight against the colonial rule
The Rowlatt Act
*1919
*The act curved the freedom of expression and strengthened police power
The Rowlatt Satyagraha
*6th April 1919
*First all India struggle
*Jallianwala Bagh 13th April
*Rabindranath renouncing his knighthood
Khilafat issue
*1920
*Harsh treaty imposed on the Turkish Sultan or Khalifa
Non-cooperative movement
*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
Civil Disobedience Movement
*1930
*A big movement and Dandi march is one of the actions taken under this movement
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Communist party of India
*mid-1920’s
*Two important developments of the mid-1920’s
A commission headed by Lord Simon to decide India’s political future with no Indian representatives.
*1927
*Boycott the commission and banners saying “Simon Go Back”
Dandi/ Salt March
*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
Government of India Act
*1935
*Prescribed provincial autonomy
Elections to the provincial legislative
*1937
*Congress formed government in 7 out of 11 provinces
*Made the Muslims feel like a minority
Resignation of congress ministers in protest during world war 2
*September 1939
*India wanted Purna Swaraj from the British if they aided them in the war, but they refused so
Quit India Movement
*1942
*Peasants and youth joined the struggle, communications and symbols of state authority were attacked all over the country
Response to the quit India movement
*End of 1943
*Severe repression
*Over 90000 were arrested, 1000 killed and orders were given to machine gun crowds from aeroplanes
Congress rejection the league’s request to form a congress-league government annoyed the Muslim league
*1937
Three-member mission to suggest a suitable political framwork for a free India
*1946
*But the congress and the league could not agree on specific details
Direct Action Day
*16th August 1946
*Riots broke out and thousands of people died
