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Indian Rebellion
Was also called India's First War of Independence. A large part of the Indian army rebelled against the British Authorities. -
Governent of India Act
The Government of India Act disbanded the East India Company and placed India directly under British rule. -
Birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India. -
Death of Karamchand Gandhi
Death of Gandhi's father. -
Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress was the largest and most prominent Indian public organization, and central and defining influence of the Indian Independence Movement. -
Gandhi leaving to Study Law
Gandhi begins studies at University College London. He studies Indian law and also joins the Vegetarian Society while there. Gandhi avoids eating meat or drinking alcohol throughout his life. -
Gandhi returns to India to start his career as a lawyer.
After completing his studies, Gandhi returns to India to start a law practice in Bombay. -
Gandhi is refused entry into South Africa.
Gandhi returns to Bombay to get his wife and children so he can bring them to South Africa. -
Royal Families are Murered
Dutch Christians overtake Bali after Puputan massacres in which Hindu Balinese royal families are murdered. -
Gandhi is arrested
Gandhi is arrested and sentenced to two months in prison -
Reaching an Agreement
Gandhi and Smuts, the Prime Minister of the Transvaal, reach an agreement, ending the protests. -
Spanish Influenza
Spanish Influenza epidemic kills 12.5 million in India, 21.6 million worldwide. -
Order of Brigadier Dyer
Brigadier Dyer orders Gurkha troops to shoot unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, killing 379. Massacre convinces Gandhi that India must demand full independence from oppressive British Christian rule. -
Gandhi Strategy
Gandhi formulates the strategy "firmness in truth," of noncooperation and nonviolence against India's Christian British rulers. -
Indian National Congress
Exactly 20 years before India became a republic, the Indian National Congress in an electrifying resolution declared Purna Swaraj. -
Gandhi leads the Salt March in India.
Forced to buy salt only from Britain, Gandhi protests the monopoly by leading the Salt March from Sabermanti to the Arabian Sea, 240 miles away -
Towards Independence
The Indian National Congress completed half a century both as a party and as a national movement. -
India gains Independence from Britain
Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation, and 600,000 die in clashes during subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries. -
Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi.
Gandhi is approached by Nathuram Vinayuk Godse, a Hindu nationalist. Gandhi blesses him and the man then shoots and kills him for being too sympathetic to the Muslims. -
Gandhi publishes "The Green Pamphlet."
Gandhi writes a pamphlet about the discrimination Indians face in South Africa.
