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Sepoy Mutiny
The Sepoys rebelled and they marched to Delhi. There they were joined by Indian soldiers. They captured the city of Delhi and from that point on, the rebellion spread to northern and central India. The picture here, is of the Sepoy and how their was a lot of violence when this happened. -
Britain takes command of India
The British government took direct command of India. The photo is just the flag of Britain because it was them who took over India. -
Gandhi is born
Ghandi was born in 1969. This is a photo of Gandhi and it relates to the topic because it is that he was born. -
Gandhi´s marriage
At the ae of 13 years, Gandhi gets married to Kasturba Makhanji -
Foundation of the Indian National Congress
The growing nationalism led to the founding of the Indian National Congress. At first they were concentrated on specific concerns for Indians. In the photo you can see Gandhi as a big symbol of the photo. Gandhi is there because he helped the Indian National Congress be formed. -
Founding of Muslim League
Beside the Indian National Congress, the Muslim League was also formed. These two groups were formed to rid India of foreign rule. Here is a photo of the Muslims flag. -
Indian troops return from war
Radical nationalisls carried out acts of violence to show their hatred of British rule. -
Amritsar Massacre
Around 10,000 Hindus and Muslims flocked to Amritsar. They intended to fast and pray in an enclosed square at a festival. The British government had banned public meetings. The British ordered its troops to fire on the crowd without a warning. The shooting continued for 10 minutes. Nearly 400 Indians died and about 1,200 were injured. The photo shows how the soldiers killed alot of the people in the top of the photo and many of them were severly injured. -
Rowlatt Acts
The British passed the Rowlatt Acts and these laws allowed the government to put in jail protesters without trial for as long as two years. -
Gandhi makes general strike
Gandhi organized a general strike but it quickly let do violence. Then, Gandhi called off the protests. -
Gandhi launches campaign
Gandhi launched a campaign for civil disobedience to weaken the British govnermnet´s authority and economic power over India. -
Gandhi Gets Arrested
Gandhi gets arrested for the second time for wanting to overthrow Great Britain -
Salt March
Gandhi organized a demonstration to defy the hated Salt Acts. Indians couldn´t buy salt from any other source besides Britain. Gandhi and his followers walked about 240 miles to the seacoast. There, they made their own salt. In this photo you can see Gandhi with his followers and this is when they were walking towards the sea to create salt. -
Government of India Act
The British Parliament passed the Government of India Act . It let them have self-government and limited democratic elections, but could not have total ndependece. -
WW2
WW2 began -
India-Pakistan Border
The Muslims and the Hundus had to split up. The northwest and western regions of India, where most of the Muslims lived, would become Pakistan. In this photo it is all the people who are packing up and leaving to go to Pakistan. -
British House of Commons grants Independence
The British House of Commons passed an act that granted the two nations their independence: India and Pakistan. -
India Largest democracy
When India got its independence, it became the world´s largest democracy. -
Gandhi´s Death
Gandhi became a victim of the nation´s violence. A hindu extremist, who thought Gandhi was too protective of Mulims, shot him and killed him. In this photo you can see the actor who played Gandhi in the movie ¨Gandhi¨and this is the scene where he gets shot by the extremist.
