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The British government starts ruling India via an Indian viceroy called the British Raj
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Queen Victoria is given the title of Emrpess of India by the British Parliament
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The Indian National Congress is formed.
Burma becomes an Indian province. -
The British government divides Bengal into separate Hindu and Muslim sections
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Mohandas Gandhi becomes the leader of the Indian Independence Movement and the Indian National Congress
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Gandhi leads a defiant march in protest of the British monopoly on salt
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The Government of India Act, which would become the last constitution of British India, is passed.
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Muhammad Ali Jinah demands a new country for Indian Muslims, which would be called Pakistan.
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The British agree to grant India its independence
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Indian Muslims hold nation-wide demonstrations calling for the establishment of Pakistan
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India becomes an independent country. British and Indian leaders agree to divide the country into India and Pakistan.
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Gandhi is shot dead by a hindu extremist who objected to Gandhi's tolerance for the Muslims
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A new constitution is ratified and Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister
