Between the wars, India

Amritsar massacre

Apr 13, 1919

sourceMany indian nationalists who were meeting to protest against british law, were killed by British soldiers. The massacre stirred nationalist feelings, which convinced Mohandas Ghandi that they needed full independence from the British and the only way to achieve it was by civil disobedience against British rules.

First trade union in India

Oct 31, 1920

sourcethe first trade union in india was founded by Lala Lajpat Rai. Lala saw that India neened to join others countries in trade in order to organize their country and strenghten themselves politically and financially.

Indian congress decided to boycott the visit of the prince of Wales

Jul 28, 1921

sourceThe prince of wales, later king Edward VII plans to visit indiain the month of november. The indian congress led by Ghandi devides to boycotts the prince's upcoming visit as a part of their non-cooperation movement.

Hindustan and socialist Republic formed

Dec 31, 1924

sourceThe Hindustan and Socialist Republic was established with the purpose of gaining india's independece by using non-violent revolutions, like hunger strikes. They refused to cooperate with the British and tried to abolish their laws.

Kakori Revolution

Aug 9, 1925

sourceThe Kakori Revolution was a train robbery organized by the Hindustan Republican Association,in order to get money to buy weapons to support their revolutionary activities against great britain.

Clemente Attlee became the prime minister of India

May 1, 1927

sourceClemente Attlee was born on the 3rd of January 1883, in London. Clemente always wanted to grant india's citizens their independence. he supported the general strike of 1926 and a year later he was voted prime minister of india. he was the leadero of the labour party from 1935 to 1955 and was also the prime ministerr of england from 1945 to 1951.

Ghandi leads civil disobedience

Mar 12, 1930

sourceThe British empire prohibited indians from collecting or selling salt. Idians were forced to buy salt from the British and pay them heavy taxes on salt. Ghandi and his followers marched 241 miles to the the arabian sea as a protest against the British tax on salt. This was Ghandi's most defiant act of disobedience against British rule.

Poona Pact

Sep 24, 1932

sourceThe poona pact was an agreement between Hindu leaders granting new rights to low-caste hindu groups. Ghandi fasted until he was almost dead in order to convince the hindu leaders about the separate electorates and the movement against untouchability,

Muslim league demand a separate state

Feb 1, 1937

sourceDuring the provincial elections of 1937 the muslims demand a separate state of their own, called pakistan. Ten years later, on August 14, 1947 india gained its independence and Britain partitioned the country into two separate states, Pakistan for the muslims and India for the Hindus.

India joins Britain in the war

Sep 3, 1939

sourceOn september 3, 1939 Britain declared war on Germany. At that time India was still under British control, so they had to help Britain in World war II.