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Ram Mohun Roy
Argued that Indians should have the same rights as Europeans so he wrote books and opened his own schools to carry on his beliefs. -
India and Britain's economy
India helped Britain's economy by becoming a major source for cotton. -
National congress
The National Congress was created by English speaking Indians. -
Nationalism In India
During the 1900's tension was building up between Indians and the British because nationalism was rising in India. -
Broken Promises
After fighting amongst the British side during World War I, the surviving Indians come home upset that the British had not given them the freedom they were promised. Soon after, the Rowlatt act was passed allowing the British to mistreat Indians -
The Amritsar Massacre
During a peaceful gathering at Amritsar, British leader-Dyer ordered an attack on a crowed of unharmed men, women and children. About 400 people lost their lives that day. -
Peaceful Protests Begin
after the Amritsar massacre, Mohandas Gandhi started his first peaceful protest against the British. Indians under Gandhi's rule refused to wear clothes made from the British and started to thread their own cloth for clothing. -
Gandhi launches salt protest
Soon after the British monopoly on salt, Indians were starting to make their own. It seemed to have been a minor concern on the British part, yet soon after thousands of Indians were protesting against the monopoly. -
Gandhi's efforets led to changes in india
Britain gave India very limited self-rule but Gandhi was not satisfied as it was not the full independence he invisioned. So India's struggle didn't end. -
Freedom
British Parliement gave Indians a degree of self rule. -
Partition
A meeting was called by the Muslim League demanding to seperate Muslim and Hindu countries -
Jawaharlal Nehru
India's first prime minister spoke on the eves of independence. -
Death of a leader
Nehru passed away
