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The War of Plassey
British victory -
British control over India
The control of India had been assumed by the British crown -
The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
This led to great resentment amongst the people and sparked the Non-Cooperation Movement -
Non-Cooperation
Gandhi led the Indians in nationalist movements to non-violently protest against the British control over India -
The Quit India Movement
The movement, supported by Gandhi, called out for an "orderly British withdrawel from India" -
WW2
The British Empire weakened massively due to a thinning in resources after the world wars -
Partition
The indian leaders agreed upon a partition of India -
An announcement
The British government announced that they intended to give back the control to the Indians by the summer of 1948 -
Independence Day
The day India gained independence from British colonialism