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FREEDOM

MOVEMENT

CHRONOLOGY (1857-1950)

1905

I Round Table Conference at Lon-

1930

Partition of Bengal arouses nation- alist agitation, in which Surendranath Banerjee ( 1848 - 1926 ), Bal Gan- gadhar Tilak ( 1856 - 1920 ), Rabin- dranath Tagore ( 1861 - 1941 ), and Aurobindo Ghosh ( 1872 - 1907 ). Historic Public meeting to protest partition of Bengal.

1857-1885

Sepoy Mutiny

don.

Mangal Pandey executed.

1857 M

1931

II Round Table Conference.

Mutiny of sepoy troops and wide-

Gandhi & Irwin pact; Socialist party

spread rebellion in northern India.

1857-

of J.P. Narayan.

British Government takes over the

58

1935

Government of India act grants pro-

East India Company's Indian em-

1905

vincial self-government.

pire.

1858

Britain gives India a new constitu-

East India Company’s rule replaced

1906

Muslim League founded.

tion providing for a council of states

by that of Viceroy appointed by the

1907

Indian National Congress split by

and an Assembly.

British crown.

quarrel between Moderates and Ex-

1936

All India Kissan Sabha formed.

Calcutta becomes capital of British

tremists at Surat.

Independent Labour party founded

India.

1909

Morley-Minto (Indian Councils Act) increased power of provincial legislative councils. reforms

by B.R. Ambedkar.

Indigo Revolt

1859-62

1939

Forward Block, founded by S.C.

Wahabi Revolt

1863-64

Bose at Calcutta.

Calcutta Port trust formed.

1870

1910

Hindu Mahasabha formed.

1940

Muslim League, under President Jin-

Arya Samaj founded by Swami

1875

1911

Partition of Bengal annulled. Trans-

nah, demands creation of Pakistan.

Dayananda Saraswati.

fer of the Indian capital from Cal-

1941

S. C. Bose escapes to join axis

Surendra Nath launches ‘Indian As-

cutta to Delhi announced.

powers.

sociation’

1912

Capital of British India moved from

1942

Britain promises India full domin-

Corporation of 72 commissioners

1876

Calcutta to Delhi.

ion status after war and an interim

(48 elected on communal basis) es-

1913

Rabindranath Tagore awarded Nobel

Government during war. Congress

tablished to Regulate Calcutta.

prize for his Gitanjali.

party demands immediate independ-

1877

Queen Victoria proclaimed empress

1914-18

World war I, Indian leaders sup-

ence and begins Civil Disobedience.

of India.

ported the British.

1878

S.C. federation formed by B. R. Am-

Vernacular Press Act.

1915

Death of G.K. Gokhale (b. 1866)

bedkar at Nagpur; Cripps Mission

1916

Kesari and Maharatta newspapers

Moderate, extremist and Muslim

to India.

league leaders agree on demand for

established.

Quit India resolution passed by

a national legislative assembly to be

I.C.S. (Indian Civil Service) estab-

AICC.

elected on a communal basis.

lished initially only by nominations

Bose took over as the Commander-

Congress league pact; foundation of

for loyalists.

in-Chief of Indian National army at

Indian Home Rule League at

Keshub Chunder sen proclaims the

Singapore.

Belgaum.

new dispensation.

1883

I.N.A. trials.

Justice party founded at Madras

Sir C.P. Ilbert moved the criminal

1945 1946

Naval Mutiny.

National Liberation Federation at

1917 1918

jurisdiction.

1884

Cabinet Mission’s arrival.

Bombay.

Madras Mahajan Sabha.

1884-

8

Amid communal rioting and threats

British carry out constitutional re-

Construction of Kidderprore docks.

1945-47

of mutiny, the British Labor Gov-

5

forms but cannot stop the tide of

Indian National Congress (The

1919

ernment prepares to grant India com-

1885

nationalism; Mohandas K. Gandhi,

Congress Party) is organised in

plete self-government.

leader of Indian National Movement,

Bombay.

British declared their intention to

begins to support self-rule and pas-

Bombay Presidency Association.

1947

Quit India (20-2-1947), appointed

sive resistance.

Rise of the Indian independence

1885-

1

Lord Mountbatten as the Viceroy of

Montagu-Chelmsford reforms pro-

movement.

India; British Parliament passed*

vide for legislative assembly to be-

I.C.S. Broad based open examina-

947

“The Indian Independence Bill” (15-

gin in 1921. Amritsar massacre.

tion, age limit raised to 23.

7-1947)

1919-1948

Gandhian era.

Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)

1887

Accession of Junagadh and Kashmir.

1920

Congress democratic party founded

begins twenty year’s work as law-

1948

Death of S.C.Bose. (16-8-1948).

by B.G. Tilak

yer in South Africa.

1948

1888

Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi.

Death of

Death of Bankim Chandra Chatter-

1948

Death of Mohammad Ali Jinnah (b

Tilak.

jee (b 1838).

1876)

Gandhi starts first Nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement (sus- pended in 1922 after outbreaks of violence). Formation Akali Dal.

Swami Vivekananda (1862-1902)

1894

The Draft Constitution prepared by

received triumphant welcome on

1948

the constituent Assembly.

return

to

India;

founded

1897

Accession of Hyderabad.

Ramakrishna

mission

1949 1950

Jan, 26 Constitution of India came

1922 1929

Swaraj party led by Motilal Nehru.

Calcutta Municipal Act of 1899

into force; India proclaims itself a

The Lahore Session of Congress passed “Purna Swaraj” resolution.

comes into force.

sovereign Republic.

1900

Death of Justice, M.G. Ranade

(b 1842).

1901