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Indian Revolution

  • Sepoy Uprising

    The British had made new rifles in which a soldier would bite into a meat covered cartridge. This went against a very sacred Hindu belief. So on May of 1857, several Hindu and Islam soldiers shot any British man or women they could find. This was the start of the Indian Revolution.
  • Mohandas Gandhi born

  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah born

  • Indian National Congress founded

  • All India Muslim League founded

  • Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

    General Dyer ordered his men to open fire on several unarmed Indians.
  • Gandhi formulates the satyagraha

  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah calls for seperate Muslim state

  • India gains independence from British

  • Mohandas Gandhi death

  • Muhammad Ali Jinnah Death

  • Jawaharlal Nehru first prime minister of India

  • New Indian Constitution ratfied