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Sepoy Mutiny
The first Indian revolution, Indian sepoys rebelled agaist the East India company and few months later caputured and the fall of Delhi and Lucknow. -
Turning Point
British government took direct command of india, carried our government's orders, and promised to respect East India company. -
Birth
Mahatma Gandhi was born and raised in Hindu´s merchant family in coastal Gujarat, western India. -
Nationalist groups form
The indian national congress were the founders of the growing nationalism to be a voice of Indian opinion to the british government, which was the called the congress party. -
Nationalist Groups form
The nationlist party was founded in 1885 by the the indian congress but in 1906 the Muslim League joined as well to be the founders of the growing nationalism. -
Arrested in S. Africa
Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for the first time beacuse he refused to carry an onligatory identity document card commonly known as the ´pass´. -
Realse from Jail
Mahatma Gandhi was realsed after so many negotations with the governement. But that wasn´t the end, He got beten up and severley recived injures by a compatriot, who accused him of betrying the Idian cause. -
New Law
New law was introduced that prohibits indian immigration to S. Africa, primarily in answer to white colonists´alarm at competition of indian mechnats and also expired labor contracts. -
Back from War
Indian troops came back from the war expecting the Britain to fulfill its promise. They were again treated as second-class citizens which werenñt happy at all. Radical nationalists carried out acts of violence to show their hatred of British rule. -
Rowlatt Acts
The Rowlatt acts passed by the british which allowed the government to jail protesters without trial for as long as two years.10,000 Hindus and Muslims flocked to Amritsar, a major city in Punjab. -
Congress Party
Congress Party declared the civil disobedience, the deliberate and public refusal to obey an unjust law, and nonviolence as the means to achieve independence. -
Mustafa Kemal
Mustafa Kemal, a brilliant commander successfully led Turkish nationalists in fighting back the Greeks and their British backers. -
Republic of Turkey Presidency
Mustafa Kemal became the president of the new Republic of Turkey, the first republic in Southwest Asia. Goal: transform turkey into a modern nation. -
The Salt March
The slat March is an overall peaceful way of protesting (Gandhi and his followers walked 240 miles to the seacoast) Gandhi organized a demonstration to defy the hated Salt acts. According to these British laws, Indians could buy salt from no other source but the government inorder to pay sales tax on salt. -
Hunger Strike
Gandhi begins a hunger strike as a way of protesting agasit the British rule after his realse from prison in Poona, India. Six days after without eating, at the end Gandhi successfully forced the hand of the British governemnt reversed the separtaion decision. -
British Parliment
The british parliament passed the government of india Act. It provided local self-government and limited democratic elections, but not total independence. -
India and pakistan Independence
The british house of Commons passed an act, that granted two nations, India and Pakistan´s idependence. Pakistan emerged as a separte islamic nation and 600,000 islamic´s diead in clashes during subsequent population exachnage od 14 million people. -
Gandhi´s Death
A Hindu extremist who thought gandhi was too protective of the muslims deserved to die and so he shot a killed him infront of the people. -
Cease Fire
The Untited Nations arranged a cease-fire when they came and interrumpt the Indian and Pakistan began battaling each other for control of the region. A cease fire left a third Kashmir under Pakistan control and the rest under Indian control.
