India

India 1857

Apr 10, 1857

Rebellion of East India Company began as mutiny of Sepoys

British Raj Takes Control

Jun 28, 1858

British government assumed the task of directly administering India in the new British Raj.

Congress Adopts Gandhi's Policy

Sep 30, 1920

led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, but above all for achieving Swaraj or self-rule.

1946 Before Partition

Aug 16, 1946

The Calcutta Riots of 1946, also known as the “Great Calcutta Killing,” were four days of massive Hindu-Muslim riots in the capital of Bengal, India, resulting in 5,000 to 10,000 dead, and some 15,000 wounded.

Partition

Aug 15, 1947

led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan (it later split into Pakistan and Bangladesh)

After Partition

Sep 30, 1949

In the aftermath of partition, a huge population exchange occurred...14.5 million people crossed the borders...7,226,000 Muslims who came to Pakistan from India...7,295,000 Hindus and Sikhs moved to India.