Indians Independence

  • Unite for The Greater Good

    Indian rebellion known as the Sepoy Mutiny or The First War Of Indian Independence, the uprising support from northern and central India against the rule of the British East India Company.
  • The Rebels of The Indian Mutiny

    The last rebels of the Indian Mutiny against East India Company surrender in Gwalior. The rebellion posed a considerable threat to Company power in that region
  • Indians New Rule

    Two groups were form to eventually get rid of foreign rule, The HIndu Indian National Congress or Congress Party and in 1906 the Muslim League
  • An educated Gandhi

    An educated Gandhi
    Mohandas traveled to London, England to study law at University College London.
  • Gandhi Gets Ejected From a South African Train.

    Gandhi was on his way to Pretoria, he was then instructed by a white man to move to a different van compartment. Gandhi, had his first-class ticket and refused this caused him to be thrown off the train at Pietermaritzburg.
  • The Natal Indian Congress is founded

    The Natal Indian Congress is founded
    The Natal Indian Congress was an organization founded by Gandhi with a the goal to fight against discrimination against the Indian civilians from South Africa. The congress proposed many early petitions for a change in the discrimination of India. The group then successfully allied with the African National Congress, South Africa's primary political party to continue the fight for Indian Independence from Britain.
  • Civil Disobedience

    (South Africa) Gandhi talks to his fellow indians explaining civil disobedience. They protest in with mine workers.
  • War Against the Zulu Kingdom

    British declared war to Zulu Kingdom in Natal and Gandhi took this as an opportunity to offer soldiers for British. This decision was keeping in mind that Britain would be un dept with Indians that will eventually will lead up to self government. The British accepted Gandhi's offer to let 20 Indians volunteer as a stretcher-bearer corps to treat wounded British soldiers.
  • Defy The Transvaal law

    That year the Transvaal government passed a new act which forced registration of the colony's Indian population. The meeting was held in Johannesburg where Gandhi first applied his revolutionary methods of peaceful protest. Also known as the methodology of Satyagraha (devotion to the truth). Gandhi motivated his fellow Indians to defy the new law and accept the consequences by doing so.
  • Gandhi Recruitment

    In April 1918, during the latter part of World War I, the Viceroy invited Gandhi to a War Conference in Delhi.[45] Perhaps to show his support for the Empire and help his case for India's independence,[46] Gandhi agreed to actively recruit Indians for the war effort.
  • British Unfulfilled Promise

    Indian troops arrived home expecting for British to fulfill its promise reforms that will lead up to self government. But instead they were treated as second class citizens. Because of this, soon radicals responded with violence.
  • Rowlatts Acts imprisonment

    British passed the Rowlatt acts, that enabled the government to send to jail any protestant for up to 2 years. Because of this Western educated Indians denial of a trial by jury violated their individual rights.
  • The Misunderstanding Massacre

    The Misunderstanding Massacre
    10,000 unaware Hindus and Muslims went to Amritsar where a huge festival intended to fast and listen to political speeches took place. Only that British government had banned public meetings, and British commander took this as defying the ban and open fired killing 400 indians and wounding 1,200 civilians.
  • Punishment to British For Massacre

    With Congress now behind him in 1920, Gandhi had the opportunity to apply his non-cooperation, non-violence and peaceful resistance as a weapon towards the British. He had gained great amounts of followers because deeply religious approach to political activity. His teachings were based from mayor religions. He won the support of The Indian National Congress and enabled Gandhi to launch his campaign of civil disobedience.
  • The Defying Salt March

    The Defying Salt March
    According to British Indians were unable to buy salt from any other source. Indians had to also pay sales tax of the salt. To defy this Salt act gandhi and his supporters walked 240 miles Salt march to the seacoast. Where they produced their own salt by evaporating seawater. This soon ended in British police officers beating unprotected protestants.
  • Gandhi Gets arrested.as Well as Followerss

    The leader Mahatma Gandhi and his 50,000 followers were arrested for participating in the 240 mile Salt March.
  • Steps to Independence

    Because of Gandhi civil disobedience campaigns, he gained great political power for the Indian people. British Parliament Passed the Government of India Act. Where it granted local self government and limited democratic elections. Although this was not a complete Independence, it was a great advancement.
  • Government of India Act

    Government of India Act passes British Parliament and is implemented in India; it is the first movement toward independence.
  • The Quit India Movement

    The Quit India Movement was a civil disobedient movement by India in 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence. Gandhi hoped to bring the British government to the negotiating table.
  • Pakistan's creation

    The partition of British India that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India.
  • India Liberation From British Empire

    Indian independence movement involve various national and regional campaigns, agitations and efforts of both nonviolent and militant philosophy. Political organizations, philosophies, and movements united with the common aim of ending the British British Colonial Authority as well as other colonial administrations in South Asia.
  • Gandhi Final day

    Gandhi Final day
    Gandhi was finally assassinated on January 30, 1948, at point blank range by Nathuram Godse, There have been 5 unsuccessful assassination attempts Since 1934.