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Collapse of Mughal Empire Begins
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East India Company troops are victorious over French Alliances
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East India Company is the Leading Power in India
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Nationalism and resentment towards Britain grows
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Sepoys joined India against Britain in the Battle of Cawnpore
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Sepoy Mutiny
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Britain assumes direct control of India(Raj)
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Indian National Congress is founded
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Partition of Bengal divided the country into Muslim and Hindu provinces, enraging nationalists
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Muslim League is founded
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Partition of Bengal is Repealed
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Indians were enraged further by being treated as second class citizens(despite serving in WWI)
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Rowlatt Acts jail protesters without trial for up to two years, more rights are violated
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Amritsar Massacre takes place
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Civil Disobedience is endorsed(boycotts, strikes)
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Salt March takes place
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The Government of India act is passed, India self-rules
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Britain committed India's armed forces to WWII without consulting the country's representatives
Britain committed India's armed forces to WWII without consulting the country's representatives -
RIots formed when there were disagreements between hindus and muslims
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Jawaharlal Nehru rules India
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British HOuse of Commons passed an act granting independence to India and Pakistan one month after the act was passed
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India was granted independence, becoming worlds largest democracy
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Indira Ghandi, Nehru's daughter, rules India capably
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Giant cyclone and tidal wave struck east Pakistan, killing 266,000 residents
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Indian troops overran the Golden Temple, killing 500 sikhs
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee, leader of Hindu party, is new prime minister
