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East India Company Rule
It was formed for pursuing trade with the East Indies but ended up trading mainly with only the Indian subcontinent, North-west frontier province and Balochistan. They traded in cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, saltpetre, tea and opium -
The Sepoy Rebellion
The Sepoys heard a rumor that the British were putting beef and pork fat in the cartridges of their new guns. The British were also making the Sepoys fight over seas. The Sepoys feared that if they went over seas, they would lose their caste, so they had The Sepoy Rebellion. The British put the uprising down. -
Mohandas Gandhi
Gandhi was the leader of Indian Nationalism. He led India to independence and inspired movements for non-violence, civil rights and freedom across the world. -
Formation of the Indian National Congress
It was created to form a platform for civic and political dialogue of educated Indians. The purpose of creating the INC was to bring together leaders to remove all possible prejudice of race, religion and region. Also it was to decide important problems facing the country and to decide on the activities that the Indian leaders should take up. -
Formation of the Muslim League
The main reason it was created was for the safety of Muslim nations. It, then, advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation, Pakistan. -
Salt March
Gandhi and his followers made a 200 mile journey to the ocean. He wanted to pick up a few grains of salt. Gandhi and 50,000 followers were prisoned. -
Quit India Campaign
Gandhi launched the campaign and was arrested the next day. It was created because the Indian National Congress refused to support the colonial British government's involvement in World War II. -
Hindu-Muslim Conflict
After the British left India in 1947, the continent split into the nations of the Muslim Pakistan and Hindu India in a violent partition. -
Indian Independence Act
It partitioned British India into the two new independent dominions of India and Pakistan. Pakistan came into being on August 14, and India on August 15. -
Gandhi Assassinated
There had been five unsuccessful attempts to kill Gandhi before his death. He was surrounded by a part of his family and some followers when three gunshots killed him.
