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May 3, 1497
Finding a sea route to india
The portuguese king Manuel I sent the navigator Vasco da Gama to find a sea route to india via the Cape of good hope at the southern tip of Africa. -
british is coming
India comes under direct rule of the british crown after failed indian mutiny. -
National congress
Indian National Congress founded as forum for emerging nationalist feeling. -
Return of Gandhi
Gandhi became a lawyer and returned to India in 1891 on June 3rd -
Douglas A. MacArthur
Between 1945 and 1952, the U.S. occupying forces, led by General Douglas A. MacArthur, enacted widespread military, political, economic, and social reforms. -
The british rule
End of British rule and partition of sub-continent into mainly Hindu India and Muslim-majority state of Pakistan. -
R.I.P Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi, was assassinated on 30 January 1948 by Nathuram Godse at Birla House in New Delhi. Gandhi had just climbed up the steps of a raised lawn behind Birla House where he conducted his multi-faith prayer meetings, when he was shot by Godse. Godse stepped out from the crowd and into Gandhi's path, and fired three bullets at point-blank range. Gandhi crumpled to the ground, leaving the crowd in shock. Gandhi was carried back to his room in Birla House, where a doctor declared him dead. -
Great Leap Forward
the campaign undertaken by the Chinese communists between 1958 and early 1960 to organize its vast population, especially in large-scale rural communes, to meet China’s industrial and agricultural problems.
