29-12-2017, 04:30 PM
Timeline (1857-1947)
*1857-Outbreak of the Mutiny, Revolt and First War of Indian Independence
*1857-Establishment of Universities at Bombay, Calcutta and Madras
*1858-Queen Victoria’s Proclamation (1st November)
*1859-Doctrine of Lapse was officially withdrawn.
*1860-Enactment of the Indian Penal Code.
*1861-The Indian Councils Act, 1861 passed by the British Parliament
*1861-The Indian High Courts Act passed.
*1872-The Kuka revolt in the Punjab
*1876-The Royal Titles Act gave Queen Victoria the title of Empress India or Kaiser-i-Hind
*1876-77-The Delhi Durbar organised by Lytton
*1878-80-The Second Anglo- Afghan War
*1878-The Vernacular Press Act passed.
*1880-Lord Ripon assumes charge as. Viceroy of India.
*1881-First Factory Act passed in India.
*1882-Appointment of the Hunter Commission on School Education
*1882-Local Self Government Act passed
*1883-84-The Ilbert Bill Controversy
*1885-The Indian National Congress was established.
*1892-The Indian Councils Act 1892 passed by British Parliament
*1893-Swami Vivekananda represented India & Hinduism in Parliament of the World’s Religions held at Chicago
*1895-Tilak organised Shivaji Festival
*1899-Curzon became Viceroy of India
*1904-Indian Universities Act passed (Minto Morley Reforms)
*1905-Foundation of the ‘Servants of India Society’
*1905-The Muslim League formed at Dhaka
*1905 July 20-Bengal was partitioned
*1905 October 16-The Partition of Bengal came into force
*1909-The Indian Councils Act passed
*1909-S.P. Sinha appointed Law Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council
*1911-The Coronation Durbar at Delhi
*1911-Partition of Bengal was cancelled.
*1912-Delhi became the new capital of India
*1912 December 23-A Bomb was thrown on Lord Hardinge on his state entry into Delhi
*1913-Ghadar Party formed at San Francisco to organise a rebellion in India to overthrow British rule.
*1914 June 16-B.G. Tilak released from jail after long imprisonment.
*1915 January 9-Mahatma Gandhi arrived in India from South Africa.
*1916-Foundation of Banaras Hindu University
*1916 April-Tilak organises Home Rule League at Poona
*1916 September-Annie Besant started Home Rule League.
*1917 April-Gandhi launched the Champaran Satyagraha in Bihar to focus attention on grievances of indigo planters.
*1919-Rowlatt Act was passed.
*1919-Government of India Act 1919 passed.
*1919-All India Khilafat Conference was held at Lucknow
*1919 April 13--Jalianwala Bagh-tragedy at Amritsar
*1920 -First meeting of the All-India Trade Union Congress
*1920-The Anglo-Oriental college of Aligarh was converted into Aligarh Muslim University
*1920-Hunter Commission Report on Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre published
*1920-First Non-cooperation Movement launched by Gandhiji
*1922 February 5-Violent incidents at Chauri Chaura.
*1922-Gandhiji calls off the Non-Cooperation Movement after the violent incidents at Chauri Chaura.
*1923 January 1 --Swaraj Party was formed.
*1925-The Communist Party of India organised at Kanpur
*1925-RSS was formed.
*1925 -August-Kakori Train Conspiracy case.
*1927-Appointment of the Simon Commission
*1928-Nehru Report recommended principles for the new Constitution of India.
*1929-Sarda Act passed prohibiting marriages of girls below 14 and boys below 18 years of age.
*1929-Meerut Conspiracy case.
*1929 April 8-Bhagat Singh and his friend throw a bomb in the Imperial Legislative Assembly
*1929 December 31-Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the tricolour flag of Indian Independence on the banks of the river Ravi at Lahore.
*1930-Publication of Simon Commission Report.
*1930 January 26-First Independence Day was observed.
*1930 February 14-The working committee of the INC met at Sabarmati Ashram passes the Civil disobedience Resolution.
*1930 March 12-Gandhiji began Dandi March (12th March - 6th April) to manufacture illegal salt.
*1930 April 18-Chittagong Armoury Raid launched by Surya Sen.
*1931 March 5-Gandhi - Irwin Pact signed.
*1931 March 23-Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Rajguru were executed in Lahore conspiracy case.
*1932-Ramsay MacDonald announced the Communal Award
*1932 September 24-Poona Pact, an agreement between Ambedkar and Gandhiji signed.
*1934 April 7- Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement by Gandhiji.
*1935 August-The Government of India Act passed.
*1937 July-Congress ministries formed in the provinces.
*1939 April-Subhash Chandra Bose resigned the presidentship of the Congress. Lord Linlithgow declared dominion status as the ultimate goal of British policy in India.
*1939 October 21-Bose announced the formation of provisional Government of Free India.
*1939 December 22-The Muslim League celebrated Deliverance Day.
*1940 March 23-The Muslim League adopted the Pakistan Resolution.
*1940 August-The Viceroy declared British policy towards India’s constitutional problem (August Offer).
*1940 October-Congress started the Individual Civil Disobedience Movement (suspended in December).
*1942 (March-April)-Cripps Mission visited India.
*1942 August 9-Quit India Day
*1943-Subhash Chandra Bose reached Tokyo.
*1943 October 21-Bose announced the formation of provisional Government of Free India
*1945 June-Wavell call the Simla Conference in a bid to form the Executive Council of Indian political leaders.
*1946-Cabinet Mission visited India
*1946-Elections for the Constituent Assembly held.
*1946 February -Mutiny of naval ratings at Bombay
*1946 September-Jawaharlal Nehru heads the Interim Government.
*1946 December 9-Indian Constituent Assembly met at New Delhi
*1947 February 20-Lord Attlee announced Britain’s decision to transfer of power to Indian hands before June 1948
*1947 June 3 -Lord Mountbatten announced transfer of power in August 1947.
*1947 July 18 -Indian Independence Act passed by the British Parliament.
*1947 August 15-India became Independent.
