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1857

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Mutiny against the British

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1885

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Indian National Congress is founded by A.O. Hume

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1905

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Partition of Bengal announced

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1906

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Muslim League was founded at Decca on 31st December.

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1908

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Khudiram Bose was executed on 30th April.

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1908

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

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1909

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Minto-Morley Reforms of Indian Councils Act - 21st May.

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1911

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Delhi durbar held. Partition of Bengal is cancelled.

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1912

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New Delhi established as the new capital of India

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1912

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

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1914

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

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1914

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Tilak was released from jail on 16th June.

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1914

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Outbreak of the 1st World War 4th August

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1914

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

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1915

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Mahatma Gandhi arrived in India on 9th Jan

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1915

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Gopal Krishna Gokhale died on 19th February.

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1916

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

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1916

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

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1917

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

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1917

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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.

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1918

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Beginning of trade union movement in India.

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1919

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Rowlatt Bill introduced on Feb 16, 1919.

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1919

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

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1919

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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.

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1920

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

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1920

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

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1920-22

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

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1922

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Moplah rebellion on the Malabar coast in August.

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1923

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

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1924

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The Communist Party of India starts its activities at Kanpur.

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1925

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The Kakori Train Conspiracy case in August

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1927

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

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1928

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

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1928

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

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1928

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

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1929

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

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1929

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

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1929

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

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1929

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

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1929

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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.

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1930

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First Independence Day observed on 26th January.

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1930

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The Working Committee of the INC meets at Sabarmati and passes the Civil Disobedience resolution on 14th February.

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1930

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Mahatma Gandhi launches the Civil Disobedience movement with his epic Dandi Mar (Mar 12 to Apr 6). First phase of the Civil Disobedience movement: Mar 12, 1930 to Mar 5, 1931.

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1930

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First Round Table Conference begins in London to consider the report of the Simon Commission on 30th November.

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1931

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On 5th March, the Gandhi lrwin pact was signed and the Civil Disobedience movement was suspended.

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1931

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Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Rajguru were executed on 23rd March.

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1931

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Second Round Table Conference took place on 7th September.

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1931

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Gandhiji returns from London after the deadlock in llnd RTC on 28th December. Launches Civil Disobedience Movement. The INC declared illegal.

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1932

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Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial on 4th January.

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1932

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British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald announced the infamous “Communal Award” on 16th August.

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1932

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Gandhiji in jail, begins his epic “fast unto death” against the Communal Award on 20th September and ends the fast on 26th of the same month after the Poona Pact.

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1932

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The Third Round Table Conference begins in London (Nov 17 to Dec 24)

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1933

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Gandhiji released from prison as he begins fast for self-purification on 9th May. INC suspends Civil Disobedience movement but authorizes Satyagraha by individuals.

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1934

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Gandhiji withdraws from active politics and devotes himself to constructive programmes (1934-39).

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1935

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The Government of India Act 1935 was passed on 4th August

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1937

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Elections held in India under the Act of 1935 (Feb 1937). The INC contests election and forms ministries in several provinces (Jul 1937).

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1938

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Haripura session of INC was held on 19th February. Subhash Chandra Boss was elected Congress president on the 20th of February.

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1939

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Tripuri session of the INC was conducted from the 10th to the 12th of March.

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1939

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Subhash Chandra Bose resigns as the president of the INC in April.

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1939

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Second World War (Sep 1). Great Britain declares war on Germany on 3rd September; the Viceroy declares that India too is at war.

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1939

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Between 27th October to 5th November, the Congress ministries in the provinces resign in protest against the war policy of the British government.

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1939

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The Muslim League observes the resignation of the Congress ministries as ?Deliverance Day? on 22nd December.

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1940

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Lahore session of ihe Muslim League passes the Pakistan Resolution in March

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1940

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Viceroy Linlithgow announces-August Offer on 10th of August.

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1940

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Congress Working Committee rejects the ‘August Offer’ between 18th to the 22nd of August.

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1940

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Congress launches Individual Satyagraha movement on 17th October.

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1941

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Subhash Chandra Bose escapes from India on 17 January; arrives in Berlin (Mar 28).

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1942

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Churchill announces the Cripps Mission on 11th of March

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1942

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The INC meets in Bombay; adopts ‘Quit India’ resolution on 7th & 8th August.

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1942

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Gandhiji and other Congress leaders were arrested on 9th August

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1942

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Quit India movement begins on 11th of August; the Great Aug Uprising.

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1942

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Subhash Chandra Bose established the Indian National Army ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ on 1st September.

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1943

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Subhash Chandra Bose proclaims the formation of the Provisonal Government of Free India on 21st October.

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1943

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Karachi session of the Muslim League adopts the slogan Divide arc in December.

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1944

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Wavell calls Simla Conference in a bid to form the Executive Council at Indian political leaders on 25th January.

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1946

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Mutiny of the Indian naval ratings in Bombay.

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1946

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Cabinet Mission arrives in New Delhi (Mar 14);British Prime Minister Attlee announces Cabinet Mission ro propose new solution to the Indian deadlock on 15th March; ; issues proposal (May 16).

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1946

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Jawaharlal Nehru takes over as Congress president on 6th July.

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1946

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Wavell invites Nehru to form an interim government on 6th August; Interim Government takes office (Sep 2).

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1946

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First session of the Constituent Assembly of India starts on 9th December. Muslim League boycotts it.

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1947

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On 20th February, British Prime Minister Attlee declares that the British government would leave India not later than Jun 1948.

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1947

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Lord Mountbatten, the last British Viceroy and Governor General of India, sworn in on 24th March

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1947

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Mountbatten Plan was made on 3rd June for the partition of India and the announcement was made on June 4th that transfer to power will take place on August 15th

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