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1920 BCE
The early Harappan Phase 3300 Bc
The early Harappan Phase lasted for approximately 700 years, use an early form of the Indus script, known as Harappan script, for writing purposes. And was the start of import developments -
1919- passing of the Rowlatt Act
It was passed by the British Government that give themselves greater power over the people. It was called the Rowlatt act after Rowlatt commission who sent recommendations to the imperial Legislative council that the people strongly opposed. -
1919- Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh
Under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer a troop of british indians fired into a peaceful protest to condemn the arrest of two national leaders .
1,000- dead
1,500 wounded
(http://www.mitrasias.com/rowlatt-act-1919-jallianwala-bagh-massacre-khilafat-movement-non-cooperation-movement/) -
India Act
In 1919, the Government of India Act was introduced. "This introduced a national parliament with two houses for India." https://bcc-cuny.digication.com/GorilaNunez/Welcome -
1920 - the discovery of The Indus Valley Civilization
The Indus Valley Civilisation was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent ,it was Discovered by J. Fleet . it was the home of the Harappan Civilization
and in 1857 the british accidently used its bricks to create the East Indian Railway line between Karachi and Lahore. -
Khilafat movement, Launch of Non-cooperation movement.
"The Khilafat movement was an agitation by Indian Muslims, allied with Indian nationalists, to pressure the British government to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam after World War I. While seemingly pan-Islamic, the movement was primarily a means of achieving pan-Indian Muslim political mobilization." https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/khilafat_movement -
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1912- the discovery of the Harappan seals
the discovery of the Seals lead to an excavation campaign under Sir John Hubert Marshall which led a domino effect of discovery that uncovered histories of the indian culture.
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Chauri Chaura outrage in UP
A large group of protesters, participating in the Non-cooperation movement, clashed with police, who opened fire in the Gorakhpur district of the United Province. -
1928-the death of Lala Lajpat Rai
one of the chief leaders of the Indian Independence Movement,and was associated with many nationalist activities of Punjab National Bank ( which he help find) His death anniversary (17 November) is one of several days celebrated -
1930-disobedience march
Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi begins a defiant march to the sea in protest of the British monopoly on salt
(https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gandhi-leads-civil-disobedience)
