The Indian Revolution

By 18ortiz5706

  • 1857

    1857
    Sepoy uprising

  • 1858

    1858
    India fails at their rebellion, they come to being under direct rule of Britain

  • 1885

    1885
    Indian National Congress founded to increase nationalism

  • 1906

    1906
    "All India Muslim League" is founded

  • 1918

    1918
    Spanish Influenza epidemic kills 12.5 million indians *date not specified

  • 1919

    1919
    The Rowlat Act

  • 1919

    1919
    Jalianwala Bagh Massacre

  • 1919

    1919
    Khilafat Movement

  • 1920

    1920
    Mahatma Gandhi begins anti-British civil disobedience campaign

  • 1930

    1930
    The Salt March

  • 1931

    1931
    Gandhi returns to India

  • 1935

    1935
    The Government of India Act is passed

  • 1942

    Gandhi is imprisoned in the Aga Khan's palace

  • 1944

    1944
    Gandhi is released from the Aga Khan's palace

  • 1947

    1947
    Partition of sub-continent into mainly Hindu India and Muslim-majority state of Pakistan

  • 1947

    1947
    End of British rule in India

  • 1948

    1948
    Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist

  • 1948

    1948
    War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir

  • 1964

    1964
    Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru