| 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. |
On Sunday, October 17, 2010
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