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Indian National Congress
The new political group of the Indian National Cngress (INC) organized and sought reforms in Britain's civil service in India. It will later strive for India's complete independent nation. -
Subhas Chandra Bose Birth
Subhas chandra bose is born to a hindu family in Cuttack, India -
Gandhi joins the INC
Gandhi joins the Indian National Congress. He completely reorganized the group and made it less elitist. Furthermore, he made Satyagraha the main message of the Congress. -
Noncooperation Movement
Noncooperation Movement ( Satyagraha) strengthened by Gandhi along with Nehru to protest British raj ( rule). -
Jawaharlal Nehru new President of the INC
Nehru becomes the new president of the political gorup INC due to the support by his friend Mohandas Gandhi. The following year, Nehru will be arrested in 1930 but continue to create a socialist political platform for the group. -
The Salt March
After his release from prison, Gandhi once again promoted Satyagraha that sought to elimate the British heavy tax on salt. This tax, in particular, did great harm to the poverty rate of Indians. This led to the Salt March, an great act of civil disobedience that occured in 1930 as well. Gandhi led his supporters to the sea where he picked up a pinch of salt. Thousands of his supporters followed his actions. The British then arrested Gandhi and other members of the Indian National Congress -
Bose is new mayor Calcutta
Bose become mayor of Calcutta -
Gandhi resigns form the INC
Gandhi resigned from the Indian National Congress yet continued to encourage the Indian people to live simply, reject manufactured goods and develop their own handicrafts. He led by example as he lived this simple lifestyle as well. -
Quit India Movement
During World War II, Gandhi demanded British withdraw from India. The Quit India Movement had begun, and the Indian National Congress refused to support the British in World War II unless they guaranteed complete Indian independence after the war. Later in 1942 Gandhi and the whole INC are arrested. -
All India Forward Block
Bose organizes the All India Forward Block -
Bose Dissapearance
Bose is announced to have died in a plane crash on the way to Taiwan, but this has been hotly disputed and never confirmed. -
India's Independence and Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Prime Minister
India's Independence Britain granted independence to the Indian Empire, partitioning it into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. Islamic nationalist leader Mohammed Ali Jinnah became the governor-general of Pakistan, and Indian nationalist leader Jawaharlal Nehru became prime minister of India, with Earl of Burma Louis Mountbatten as governor-general. -
Gandhi's death
Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic, shot Gandhi when he was on stage about to speak infront of a prayer meeting.
