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Oct 20, 1497
Vasco De Gama Sails For India
Vasco De Gama goes to India for the first time. -
Establishment of the British East India Company
Britain starts to take over India by setting up trading points in key cities. -
Decline of the Mughal Empire
Aurangzeb's Reign declines Mughal Empire -
British Overcome French And Take Control Over India
Britain and France settle in India but British win over France. -
Industrial Revolution in Britain
Time of greatly increased output of machine made goods -
Sepoy Rebellion
Sepoy's thought cartridges were greased with animal fat. After rebellion, British took direct control over India. -
British Colonized India
British rules over India. -
Creation of The Indian National Congress
Nationalism grows in India. -
Creation of the Muslim League
Organization founded to protect Muslim interests. -
Amritsar Massace
People protested the Rowlett Acts and British opened fire; 1600 casualties. -
Rowlett Acts
Laws that allowed the government to jail protestors without trial. -
Mohandas Ghandi's Leadership of the INC
Endorsed Civil Disobedience. -
Ghandi's Travels Stressing Nonviolent Resistance
Ghandi promoted nonviolent protests against Britain. -
The Salt March
Goal was to demonstrate opposition to salt act, the about 60,000 people, including Ghandi were arrested. -
Government of India Act
British passed acts to regulate the government of British India -
Indian/Pakistan Independence
Partition was used to seperate Muslims to Pakistan and Hindus to India. -
WWII - Riots bewtween Hindus and Muslims
Hindus and Muslims were traveling to own land, but are attacked by opposing religions. -
Partition
British gave Indian people land and other things of value to them. -
Ghandi's Death
Ghandi was assasinated by a Hindu extremist.
