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Jan 1, 1497
Vasco De gama sails for India
He explored the East African coast and reached Calicut and found spices,silk, and beautiful jems. His spices for example were pepper and cinnamon. -
Establishment of the British East India Company
They had trading in Madras, Bombay.They were kept under ccontrol by European traders by Mughals Empire at 1st. -
Decline of the Mughal Empire
the Mughal's Empire resources were drained. It was by the end of Aurangzeb's reign. -
British overcome French and Take Control of India
the leader (Robert Clive) led E.I.C and won the victory over Indian Forces. The Mughal empire was collapsing. -
Industrial Revolution in Britiain
it was a shift of how they made goods by machine instead by hand. It made it different for how people worked and it spreaded to different continents. -
Sepoy Rebellion
Economic problems were going up. Sepoy's rebelled because they were jailed for disboeying orders. -
British Colonized India
The Queen of Britiain is the 1st empress of India. british decided to take direct contorol of India. British decided to take driect control of India. -
Creation of the Indian National Congress(INC)
They focused on specific concerns for Indians. they had to have different groups one for Muslims and Hindus. -
Creation of the Muslim League
it was made to protect muslim Interests. They didnt want to be in the same group as Hindu people. -
Gandhi's Leadership of the INC
He was the leader of the Independence movement. He battled injustice with a strategy from the way he had a deeply religous approach. -
Rowlett Acts
A law passed that allows the British to jail protestors without trial for about 2 years. It violated Indian peoples rights. -
Amritsar Massacre
10,000 muslim and Hindu's went to the city to fast & pray and listen to speeches .400 indians were killed by protessting to the Rowlatt Act. They killed because they thought they were aware that they banned public meetings. -
Gandhi's Travels stressing nonviolent resistance
Gandhi held boycotts and had a salt march which was peaceful protest. This cause economic problems. -
The Salt March
It was a peaceful protest and Gandhi walked with his followers 240 miles. He and his followers made their own salt since the goverment only allows to get salt from their goverment. it was made to get more supporters and protest for self goverment. -
Goverment of India Act
It was a act but wasnt total indepence but it provided self goverment and had a limited democratic election. It caused tensions for muslim and Hindu's about India's future. -
WWII- Riots between Hindus and Muslims
They fought that either Hindus or Muslims should recieve power,They were rioting and fighting over it and it caused many deaths. -
Indian/Pakistan Independence
India and Pakistan have indepence.Also, people had to decide where they wanted to go since India had partition. -
Partition
It divided the British Colony of India into two nations called India and Pakistan. The British granted Pakistan and India indepence. -
Gandhi's Death
A Hindu killed Ghandi for thinking Gandhi was too protective of muslims. He wanted fair treatment for Muslims.
