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Hindu Indian National Congress
The Hindu Indian National Congress also named the Congress Party was created to fight foreign rule in India. -
Unification Of Saudi Arabia
On this date a man named Abd al-Aziz Ibn Saud began a campaign to unify Arabia. -
The Muslim League was Created
The Muslim Leauge was created to rid India of foreign rule. -
Oil Drives Development
In this day a British man named William D’Arcy struck oil in Persia now turned Iran. Since petroleum products were very in demand oil explorations expanded into Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. -
Indian Troops Return Home
The Indian troops returned home after World War 1 and they expected the British to fufill its promise of giving the Indian people self-rule. The British ignored their promise and kept treating the Indians as second class citizens causing the Indian peoples to get very angry. -
The Rowlatt Act
To stop the Indians the British passed the Rowlatt Act. This unfair law allowed the government to put protesters in jail withput a trial. This violated their individual rights. -
Amritsar Massacre
During the Sikh Baisakhi festival around 10,000 Hindus and Muslims attended to pray and listen to political speeches. They were unaware of a new ban that prohibited public meetings. The general at Amristar believed they were defying the ban on purpose and ordered his soldiers to open fire. -
Turkey Becomes Indipendent
After the Greeks tried to conquer Turkey General Kemal led the Turkish against the Greeks into a great victory and the indipendece of Turkey. Soon fter Turkey became a Republic. -
Civil Disobedience
The Congress Party decided to pass the act of Civil Disobedience which was the deliberate and public refusal to obey an unjust law, and nonviolence as the means to achieve indipendence. -
Strikes
The Indians decided to strike to defy the British and the British had problems keeping the country together. On the second week of October Indians who worked in a tabacco factory had a strike demanding better working conditions. -
General Kemal
Mustafa Kemal was a Turkish General that led the Turkish people into victory after the Greeks invaded the country. -
Salt March
The Indians wanted to go against the Salt Act that the British had imposed on them so they decided to peacefully protest so Gandhi and his followers walked 240 miles to the seacoast to make their own salt. The British officers did not agree with the peaceful protesters so they attacked them with steel tipped clubs. Gandhi and his followers dod not defend themselves they just kept walking. Eventually 60,000 people and Gandhi were arrested. -
Persia Becomes Iran
When the British tried to take over Persia it caused a nationalist revolt and caused the Persians to get rid of the ruling Shah. Persia had a new leader named Reza Shah Pahlavi and he decided to change the countries name to Iran. -
Government of India Act
The British parliment passed the Government of India Act. It gve the Indians limited, but not total, self-rule. It caused tensions between Muslims and Hindus .
