Indian Independence Movement Timeline

By Patryk Chorzepa

  • Boycotts of British Goods

    Boycotts of British Goods
    Gandhi told all Indian men and women, to spend time each day spinning homespun cloth in support of the independence movement.

  • Civil Disobedience Movement

    Civil Disobedience Movement
    This movement was formed under the leadership of Gandhi, and is one onf the most important phases in the Indian National Movement. The main goal was to dissobey unjust laws created by the British Government.

  • The Rowlatt Acts

    The Rowlatt Acts
    This act said any protestor could be jailed for up too two years without trial.

  • Amritsar Massacre

    Amritsar Massacre
    A protest within India that resulted in neraly 400 Indians slaughterd and bout 1,200 were wounded.

  • Anti-British civil disobedience campaign begins

    Anti-British civil disobedience campaign begins
    Mahatma Gandhi launches anti-British civil disobedience campaign.

  • Salt March

    Salt March
    People all over India were making salt illegaly, and were getting sent to jail by the British control. On April 6th 1930 Gandhi marched 241 miles on foot and arrived at the coastal village of Dandi, India, where he gathered salt.

  • Congress launches "Quit India" movement.

    Congress launches "Quit India" movement.
    The "Quit India" movement was a civil disobedience movement launched by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British Rule of India.

  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah

    Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the leader of the Muslim League, wanted Muslims to have their own state Pakistan.

  • India Breaks Into Two Parts

    India Breaks Into Two Parts
    Conlficts between Hindus and Muslims helped convince Britain to divide the subcontinent.In 1947 British officials drew borders to create Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan braking India into 2 separate parts.