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East India Company Rule
The East India Company was found in 1600, as The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies. It gained a foothold in India in 1612 after Mughal's emperor granted it the rights to establish a factory, or trading post, in the port of Surat on the western coast. -
The Sepoy Rebellion
In May of 1857, sepoys in the British East India Company's army rose up against the British. The cause of the Indian Revolt of 1857 was a seemingly minor change in the weapons used by the British East India Compan's troops. Rumors had begun in 1856 that the grease on the cartirdges was made of a mixture of beef tallow and pork fat.Eating cows is forbidden in Hinduism, while consumption of park in haram in Islam. -
Mohandas Gandhi (Principles of what he fought for)
Mohandas Gandhi, leader of Indian nationlism and known in his later life as Mahtma, was one of the greatest national leaders of the twentieth century. Gandhi had gone to London to study law when he was 18 years old. Later he had stopped studying law. Ghandi had sacrificed his all and indentified himself with the poorest of the poor. He dressed like them and lived like them. -
Formation of the Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is the self-proclaimed largest and oldest democratic organization in the world. Since its inception in 1885, it has been responsible for many of the drastic changes in Indian politics. So much so that leaders like Ghandi who rose out of it succeeded in not only seeing changes in their country but in the entire world. -
Formation of the Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League was a political party which advocated the creation of a seperate Muslim majority nation, Pakistan. It was founded by the All India Muhammandan Educational Conference at Dhaka in 1906. -
Salt March
In 1930, Gandhi led followers to the Arabian Ocean where Ghandi wanted to pick up a few grains of salt. They broke the law and made salt from the sea. Ghandi was arrested with 50,000 other Indians. Gained support for Indian nationalists and people in Britain began to debate if they should hold onto India. -
Quit India Campaign
On August 8, 1942 at the All-India COngress Committee session in Bombay Ghandi launched the 'Quit India' movement. The next day, Ghandi and many other leaders of the INdian National Congress were arrested by the British Government. -
Hindu-Muslin Conflict
During the 1920s and 1930s, divisions began to grow between the Muslim league and the Hindu Congress Party. Muslim leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah wanted a seperate nation. Differences in religious beliefs led to crashes. -
Indian Independence Act
The passing of the Indian Independence Act 1947 marked the end of British suzerainty in India. India stood divided into two nations: India and Pakistan. -
Gandhi Assassinated
Gandhi's violent death came just months after the realization of his long sought-after goal- the independence of India from Great Britain. Prior to his death, there had been five unsuccessful attempts to kill Ghandi, the first occuring in 1934. Ghandi was outside on the steps of a building where a prayer meeting was going to take place. He was urrounded by a part of his family and some followers where three gunshots killed him.
