Indian Independence & Partition (1947)
India achieved independence from British rule in August 1947 through the Indian Independence Act, 1947, which created two dominions—India and...
Cabinet Mission Plan (1946)
The Cabinet Mission arrived in India on 24 March 1946 to negotiate the transfer of power and propose a constitutional...
Quit India Movement (1942)
The Quit India Movement was launched on 8 August 1942 at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee,...
Salt Satyagraha – Dandi March (1930)
The Salt Satyagraha—popularly known as the Dandi March—was Mahatma Gandhi’s 24‑day, 240–387km nonviolent march from Sabarmati Ashram to the coastal...
Non-Cooperation Movement (1920)
The Non-Cooperation Movement was India’s first nationwide mass agitation led by Mahatma Gandhi to resist British rule through nonviolent non-cooperation,...
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919)
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, occurred on 13 April 1919, when troops under Brigadier-General Reginald...
Mahatma Gandhi Returns to India (1915)
Mahatma Gandhi permanently returned to India on 9 January 1915, landing at Apollo Bunder in Bombay (now Mumbai), after over...
Muslim League Founded (1906)
The All-India Muslim League (AIML) was founded on 30 December 1906 at Dacca (now Dhaka) to politically represent Muslim interests...
Partition of Bengal (1905)
The Partition of Bengal, announced by Viceroy Lord Curzon and brought into effect on 16 October 1905, divided the vast...
Indian National Congress Founded
The founding of the Indian National Congress (INC) in late 1885 created the first countrywide political platform for Indians to...
