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East India Company's years of control in India
The British expanded the East India Company's power when they opened a trading post in 1612. They began spreading posts throughout India, gaining more power over time. There ruling of the markets came to an end in 1857 during the Sepoy Rebellion. -
1857 Sepoy Rebellion
Sepoys of northern India revolted against British rule and the East India Company. They consisted of sepoys, peasants, and even powerful leaders that lost land due to the Company. 10,000 British soldiers ended the revolt after a year of fighting, however the Company lost power and came to an end. -
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The British Raj period
Nearly a 90 year British rule in India that began in 1858, due to the East India company coming to an end, and many regions still politically loyal. It came to an end in 1947, due to unrest within the Indian population and eventually gave Pakistan/India its independence. -
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Mohandas Gandhi lives
He was born in 1869 in a Hindu state in western India. At 18, he studied law. His studies as a lawyer helped him understand the struggles for equal rights. In 1914, he joined the Indian National Congress, and soon started up a resistance movement in India. -
Founding of the Indian National Congress
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Britains division of Bengal
Due to resistence against the East India Company, British rule divided Bengal into two separate provinces in 1905. The division slightly reversed itself, reuniting Bengal in 1912 -
1906 formation of the All-India Muslim League
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Reunification of Bengal
After years of being separated by the British rule, Bengal was restored and reunited. It gave power back to the Indian National Congress, which had been weakended during the division, -
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World War I for India
300,000 troops of the British Indian army were rushed to overseas battlefields. They helped Allied troops in battlefields and fought against Ottoman forces. By the end of the war, nearly 1.3 million Indians had served. -
Massacre of Amritsar
10,000 Indian civilians gathered together, after general strikes and public assemblies were banned by the British. The British soldiers fired upon the gathering, killing 400 and wounding up to 1,000 others. -
Gandhis first Satyagraha Movement
Gandhis campaign of nonviolent resistance and noncooperation with British forces. He wanted all Indians to boycott anything British related, which meant to refuse to pay taxes and titles earned. Civil disobedience was a primary policy used by Gandhi and his followers. -
Gandhis Second Satyagraha Movement
After many Indians are being put in jail and freedom being lost, Gandhi launched a Salt March, again, a campaign of civil disobedience. This hurt the salt trade on the British. This movement led to reforms that revamped power for the Indians -
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World War II with India
In 1939, Britain enforced a declaration of war on Germany for India, without Indian approval. Indians hated this. Uprisings resulted in downfalls of congress members and their leadership. The Muslim League asked for a separate nation for Muslims. In 1947, after the war, British India was separated into India and Pakistan, allowing all cultures to congregate. together. -
Independence for India and Pakistan
After Congress members lost power after their uprising failed against the British, the Muslim League began to support the war and wanted a separate nation for Muslims in any hope for independence after the war. In 1947, after the war, British India was separated into Pakistan and India, allowing cultures to find eachother. Many fled their homes to be with their culture, but it was very risky, as many died during religious violence at the time of the migration.
