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Founding of The Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is a broad-based political party in India. -
Pass Burning
Gandhi lead Indians to burn their passes as an act of civil disobedience. -
Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League was a political party established during the early years of the 20th century in the British Indian Empire. -
WWI
A war between multiple nations. Often known as The Great War. -
Gandhi's Return to India
Gandhi returned to India in 1915. He brought an international reputation as a leading Indian nationalist, theorist and community organizer. -
Rowlatt Acts
legislation passed by the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India. -
Amritsar Massacre
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919 when troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer fired rifles into a crowd of Baishakhi pilgrims, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab. -
Homespun Movement
As part of his nonviolent non-cooperation campaign for home rule, Gandhi stressed the importance of economic independence for India. He particularly advocated the manufacture of khaddar, or homespun cloth, in order to replace imported textiles from Britain. -
Salt March
The Salt March, also known as the Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to produce salt from the seawater in the coastal village of Dandi. -
Act of 1935
The Government of India Act 1935 was the last constitution of British India which split Burma from it. -
Lahore resolution
The Lahore Resolution commonly known as the Pakistan Resolution was a political resolution, or statement drafted between 22nd to 24th March 1940, by the 25-member Working Committee of the All-India Muslim League. -
Quit India Movement
The Quit India Movement or the India August Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II. -
Indian Independence
The Indian independence movement encompassed activities and ideas aiming to end the East India Company rule and the British Indian Empire in the Indian subcontinent. -
Partition of India
The Partition of India was the division of British India in 1947 which accompanied the creation of two independent dominions. India and Pakistan.
