Timeline Flashcards
1
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1914
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Outbreak of WW1
2
Q
1915 (2)
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- Mesopotamian Campaign
- Ghadr agitation in the Punjab
3
Q
1916 (2)
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- Home Rule Leagues formed by Besant and Tilak
- Lucknow Pact signed
4
Q
1917
A
Montagu Declaration
5
Q
1919 (4)
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- Rowlatt Act
- Gandhi’s civil disobedience campaigns
- Government of India Act
- Amritsar Massacre
6
Q
1920
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- Hunter Committee into Amritsar Massacre
- House of Commons praise Dyer
7
Q
1919-1924
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Khilafat movement
8
Q
1920 (2)
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- Gandhi elected leader of Congress
- Swaraj resolution passed
9
Q
1922 (2)
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- Chauri Chaura fires
- Gandhi arrested
10
Q
1923
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Congress participates in provincial elections
11
Q
1924
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Gandhi released from prison and forms All India Spinners Assosciation
12
Q
1927
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Delhi proposals are rejected by Congress
13
Q
1928 (2)
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- Simon Commission
- Nehru report
14
Q
1929 (3)
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- Labour government elected
- Irwin declaration
- Lahore congress - Purna Swaraj
15
Q
1930 (2)
A
- Salt March
- First Round Table Conference
16
Q
1931
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Gandhi-Irwin pact
17
Q
1931
A
Second Round Table Conference
18
Q
1932 (3)
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- Third Round Table Conference
- Communal Award
- Yeravda Pact
19
Q
1935
A
Government of India Act
20
Q
1937
A
Provincial elections
21
Q
1938
A
Bose elected leader of Congress
22
Q
1939 (3)
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- Linlithgow unilateral entrance to the war
- Congress ministries resign
- ‘Day of Deliverance’
23
Q
1940 (2)
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- Lahore resolution
- August offer
24
Q
1941
A
Atlantic Charter
25
Q
1942 (3)
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- Fall of Singapore
- Cripps Mission
- Quit India!
26
Q
1943 (2)
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- Wavell appointed viceroy
- Bengal famine
27
Q
1945 (2)
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- Simla conference
- Election of a labour government
28
Q
1946 (2)
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- Cabinet Mission
- Direct Action
29
Q
1947 (4)
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- Mountbatten appointed
- Attlee announces british withdrawal by 30 June 1948
- Balkan plan and Menon plan
- Boundary Commission
