Chronology: Indian National Movement

Timeline (Chronology): Indian National Movement

1857	First War of Indian Independence
1858	British crown takes over the Indian Government, End of East India Company Rule
1861	Birth of Rabindra Nath Tagore
1885	Formation of Indian National Congress
1905	Partition of Bengal announced which came in force from October 16, 1906
1906, Dec 31	Muslim League founded at Decca
1908, April 30	Khudiram Bose executed
1908, July 22	Tilak sentenced to six years on charges of sedition
1909, May 21	Minto-Morley Reforms of Indian Councils Act, 1909
1911	The coronation or Delhi Durbar held at Delhi in which the Partition of Bengal is cancelled
1912	Delhi becomes the new capital of India
1912, Dec 23	Bomb thrown on Lord Hardinge on his state entry into Delhi
1914, Nov 1	Ghadar Party formed at San Francisco
1914, June 16	Bal Gangadhar Tilak released from jail
1914, Aug 4	Outbreak of First World War
1914, Sept 29	Komagatamaur ship reaches Budge (Calcutta Port)
1915, Jan 9	Mahatma Gandhi arrives in India
1915, Feb 19	Death of Gopal Krishan Gokhle
1916, April 28	B.G. Tilak founds Indian Home Rule League with it headquarters at Poona
1916, Sept 25	Another Home Rule League started by Annie Besant
1917, April	Mahatma Gandhi launches the Champaran campaign in Bihar to focus attention on the grievances of Indigo farmers
1917, Aug 20	The Secretary of State for India, Montague, declares that the goal of the British government in India is the introduction of Responsible Government
1918	Beginning of trade union movement in India
1918, April	Rowlatt (Sedition) Committee submits its reports. Rowlatt Bill introduced on Feb 16, 1919
1919, April 13	Jalianwala Bagh Massacre
1919, Dec 5	The House of Commons passes the Montague Chelmsford Reforms or the Government of India Act, 1919. The new reforms under this Act come into force in 1921
1920	First meeting of the All Indian Trade Union Congress (under Narain Malhar Joshi)
1920, Dec	The Indian National Congress (INC) adopts the Non-Cooperation Resolution
1920-22	Non-Cooperation Movement, suspended on Feb 12, 1922 after the violent incidents at Chauri Chaura on Feb 5, 1922
1922, Aug	Moplah rebellion on the Malabar coast
1923, Jan 1	Swarajist Party formed by Motilal Nehru and others
1924	The Communist Party of India starts its activities at Kanpur
1925, Aug	Kakori Train Conspiracy Case
1927, Nov 8	The British Prime Minister announces the appointment of the Simon Commission to suggest future constitutional reforms in India, Simon Commission arrives in Bombay on Feb 3, 1928 and all-India hartal, Lala Lajpat Rai assaulted by Police in Lahore
1928	Nehru Report recommends principles for the new Constitution of India. All Parties conference considers the Nehru Report, Aug 28-31, 1928
1928, Nov 17	Death of Lala Lajpat Rai
1929	Sarda Act passed prohibiting marriage of girls below 14 and boys below 18 years of age with effect from 1930
1929, March 9	All-Parties Muslim Conference formulates the "Fourteen Points" under the leadership of Jinnah
1929, April 8	Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly
1929, Oct 31	Lord Irwin's announcement that the goal of British policy in India was the grant of the Dominion status
1929, Dec 31	The Lahore session of the INC adopts the goal of complete independence- Poorna Swaraj for India, Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the tricolour of Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore
1930, Jan 26	First Independence Day observed
1930, Feb 14	The Working Committee of the INC meets at Sabarmati and passes the Civil Disobedience resolution
1930, March 12	Mahatma Gandhi launches the Civil Disobedience movement with his epic Dandi March (March 12 to April 6), First Phase of Civil Disobedience Movement: March 12, 1930 to March 5, 1931
1930, Nov 30	First Round Table Conference begins in London to consider the report of the Simon Commission
1931, March 5	Gandhi-Irwin pact signed, Civil Disobedience movement suspended
1931, March 23	Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Rajguru executed
1931, Sept 7	Second Round Table Conference
1931, Dec 28	Mahatma Gandhi returns from London after the deadlock in Second Round Table Conference. Launches Civil Disobedience Movement. Indian National Congress (INC) declared illegal
1932, Jan 4	Mahatma Gandhi arrested and imprisoned without trial
1932, Aug 16	British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald announces the infamous "Communal Award"
1932, Sept 20	Mahatma Gandhi begins his epic "Fast unto Death" in jail against the Communal Award and ends the fast on Sept 26 after the Poona Pact
1932, Nov 17	The Third Round Table Conference begins in London (Nov 17 to Dec 24)
1933, May 9	Mahatma Gandhi released from prison as he begins fast for self-purification. INC suspends Civil Disobedience Movement but authorises Satyagraha by individuals
1934	Mahatma Gandhi withdraws from active politics and devotes himself to "Constructive Programmes" (1934-39)
1935, Aug 4	The Government of India Act, 1935 passed
1937	Elections held in India under the Act of 1935 (Feb 1937). The INC contests election and forms ministries in several provinces (July 1937)
1938, Feb 19-20	Haripura session of Indian National Congress (INC). Subhash Chandra Bose elected Congress president
1939, March 10-12	Tripuri session of the INC
1939, April	Subhash Chandra Bose resigns as the president of the INC
1939, Sept 3	Second World War (September 1). Great Britain declares war on Germany; the Viceroy declares that India too is at war
1939, Oct 27 - Nov 5	The Congress ministries in the provinces resign in protest against the war policy of the British government
1939, Dec 22	The Muslim League observes the resignation of the Congress ministries as "Deliverance Day"
1940, March	Lahore session of the Muslim League passes the Pakistan Resolution
1940, Aug 10	Viceroy Linlithgow announces August Offer
1940, Aug 18-22	Congress Working Committee rejects the "August Offer"
1940, Oct 17	Congress launches Individual Satyagraha Movement
1941, Jan 17	Subhash Chandra Bose escapes from India; arrives in Berlin (March 28)
1942, March 11	Churchill announces the Cripps Mission
1942, Aug 7-8	The Indian National Congress (INC) meets in Bombay; adopts "Quit India" resolution
1942, Aug 9	Mahatma Gandhi and other Congress leaders arrested
1942, Aug 11	Quit India movement begins; the Great August Uprising
1942, Sept 1	Subhash Chandra Bose establish the Indian National Army "Azad Hind Fauz"
1943, Oct 21	Subhash Chandra Bose proclaims the formation of the Provincial Government of Free India
1943, Dec	Karachi session of the Muslim League adopts the slogan "Divide and Quit"
1944, Jan 25	Wavell calls Simla Conference in a bid to form the Executive Council of Indian political leaders
1946, Feb 18	Mutiny of the Indian naval ratings in Bombay
1946, March 15	British Prime Minister Attlee announces Cabinet Mission to propose new solution to the Indian deadlock; Cabinet Mission arrives in New Delhi (March 14); issues proposal (May 16)
1946, July 6	Jawaharlal Nehru takes over as Congress president
1946, Aug 6	Wavell invites Nehru to form an interim government; Interim Government takes office (Sept 2)
1946, Dec 9	First session of Constituent Assembly of India starts. Muslim League boycotts it
1947, Feb 20	British Prime Minister Attlee declares that the British government would leave India not later than June, 1948
1947, March 24	Lord Mountbatten, the last British Viceroy and Governor-General of India sworn in (March 24, 1947 to June 21, 1948)
1947, June 3	Mountbatten Plan for the partition of India and the announcement (June 4) that transfer of power will take place on August 15
1947, Aug 15	India becomes independent.