Timeline of Indian Freedom Struggle
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Timeline of Indian Freedom Struggle
| Year | Indian Freedom Struggle Events |
|---|---|
| 1905 | Partition of Bengal announced to come in force fom Oct 16, 1906. |
| 31 Dec, 1906 | Muslim League founded at Decca. |
| 30 Apr, 1908 | Khudiram Bose executed. |
| 22 Jul, 1908 | Tilak sentenced to six years on charges of seditior. |
| 21 May, 1909 | 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 |
| 23 Dec, 1912 | Bomb thrown on Lord Hardinge on his state entry into Delhi. |
| 1 Nov, 1914 | Ghadar Party formed at San Francisco. |
|---|---|
| 16 Jun, 1914 | B.G. Tilak released from jail. |
| 4 Aug, 1914 | Outbreak of the 1st World War. |
| 29 Sep, 1914 | Komagatamaru ship reaches Budge Budge (Calcutta port). |
| 9 Jan, 1915 | Gandhiji arrives in India. |
| 19 Feb, 1915 | Death of Gopal Krishna Gokhale. |
| 28 Apr, 1916 | B.G. Tilak founds Indian Home Rule League with its headquarters at Poona. |
| 25 Sep, 1916 | Another Home Rule League started by Annie Besant. |
| Apr 1917 | Mahatma Gandhi launches the Champaran campaign in Bihar to focus attention on the grievances of indigo planters. |
| 20 Aug, 1917 | 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. |
| Apr, 1918 | Rowlatt (Sedition) Committee submits its report. Rowlatt Bill introduced on Feb 16, 1919. |
| 13 Apr, 1919 | Jallianwala Bagh tragedy |
| 5 Dec, 1919 | The House of Commons passes the Montague Chelmsford Reforms or the Government of India Act, 1919. The new reforms under this Act came into operation in 1921. |
| 1920 | First meeting of the All India Trade Union Congress, (under Narain Malhar Joshi). |
| Dec, 1920 | The Indian National Congress (INC) adopts the Non-Co-operation Resolution |
| 1920 - 22 | Non-Co-operation Movement, suspended on Feb 12, 1922 after the violent incidents at Chauri Chaura on Feb 5, 1922. |
| Aug, 1922 | Moplah rebellion on the Malabar coast. |
| 1 Jan, 1923 | Swarajist Party formed by Motilal Nehru and others. |
| 1924 | The Communist Party of India starts its activities at Kanpur. |
| Aug, 1925 | Kakori Train Conspiracy case. |
| 8 Nov, 1927 | 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 3 hartal. Lala Lajpat Rai assaulted by police at Lahore. |
| 1928 | Nehru Report recommends principles for the new Constitution of India. All parties conference considers the Nehru Report, Aug 28-31, 1928. |
| 17 Nov, 1928 | 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. |
| 9 Mar, 1929 | All Parties Muslim Conference formulates the 'Fourteen Points' under the leadership of Jinnah. |
| 8 Apr, 1929 | Bhagot Singh and Batukeshwai Dutt throw bomb in the Central Legislative Assen. |
| 31 Oct, 1929 | Lord Irwin's announcement that the goal of British policy in India was the grant of the Dominion status. |
| 31 Dec, 1929 | The Lahore session of the INC adopts the goal of complete independence poorna swarajya for India; Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the tricolour of Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore. |
| 26 Jan, 1930 | First Independence Day observed. |
| 14 Feb, 1930 | The Working Committee of the INC meets at Sabarmati and passes the Civil Disobedience resolution. |
| 12 Mar, 1930 | Mahatma Gandhi launches the Civil Disobedience movement with his epic Dandi Mar (Mar 12 to Apr 6). First phase of the Civil Disobedience movement: Mar 12, 1930 to Mar 5, 1931. |
| 30 Nov, 1930 | First Round Table Conference begins in London to consider the report of the Simon Commission. |
| 5 Mar, 1931 | Gandhi lrwin pact signed. Civil Disobedience movement suspended. |
| 23 Mar, 1931 | Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Rajguru executed. |
| 7 Sep, 1931 | Second Round Table Conference. |
| 28 Dec, 1931 | Gandhiji returns from London after the deadlock in llnd RTC. Launches Civil Disobedience Movement. The INC declared illegal. |
| 4 Jan, 1932 | Gandhiji arrested and imprisoned without trial. |
| 16 Aug, 1932 | British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald announces the infamous "Communal Award". |
| 20 Sep, 1932 | Gandhiji in jail, begins his epic "fast unto death" against the Communal Award and ends the fast on Sep 26 after the Poona Pact. |
| 17 Nov, 1932 | The Third Round Table Conference begins in London (Nov 17 to Dec 24) |
| 9 May, 1933 | Gandhiji released from prison as he begins fast for self-purification. INC suspends Civil Disobedience movement but authorizes Satyagraha by individuals. |
| 1934 | Gandhiji withdraws from active politics and devotes himself to constructive programmes (1934-39). |
| 4 Aug, 1935 | 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 (Jul 1937). |
| 19 - 20 Feb, 1938 | Haripura session of INC. Subhash Chandra Boss elected Congress president. |
| 10 - 12 Mar, 1939 | Tripuri session of the INC. |
| Apr, 1939 | Subhash Chandra Bose resigns as the president of the INC. |
| 3 Sep, 1939 | Second World War (Sep 1). Great Britain declares war on Germany; the Viceroy declares that India too is at war. |
| 27 Oct - 5 Nov, 1939 | The Congress ministries in the provinces resign in protest against the war policy of the British government. |
| 22 Dec, 1939 | The Muslim League observes the resignation of the Congress ministries as ‘Deliverance Day’ |
| Mar, 1940 | Lahore session of ihe Muslim League passes the Pakistan Resolution. |
| 10 Aug, 1940 | Viceroy Linlithgow announces-August Offer. |
| 18 - 22 Aug, 1940 | Congress Working Committee rejects the 'August Offer'. |
| 17 Oct, 1940 | Congress launches Individual Satyagraha movement. |
| 17 Jan, 1941 | Subhash Chandra Bose escapes from India; arrives in Berlin (Mar 28). |
| 11 Mar, 1942 | Churchill announces the Cripps Mission. |
| 7 - 8 Aug, 1942 | The INC meets in Bombay; adopts 'Quit India' resolution |
| 9 Aug, 1942 | Gandhiji and other Congress leaders arrested. |
| 11 Aug, 1942 | Quit India movement begins; the Great Aug Uprising. |
| 1 Sep, 1942 | Subhash Chandra Bose establish the Indian National Army 'Azad Hind Fauj |
| 21 Oct, 1943 | Subhash Chandra Bose proclaims the formation of the Provisonal Government of Free India. |
| Dec, 1943 | Karachi session of the Muslim League adopts the slogan Divide arc |
| 25 Jan, 1944 | Wavell calls Simla Conference in a bid to form the Executive Council at Indian political leaders. |
| 18 Feb, 1946 | Mutiny of the Indian naval ratings in Bombay. |
| 15 Mar, 1946 | British Prime Minister Attlee announces Cabinet Mission ro propose new solution to the Indian deadlock; Cabinet Mission arrives in New Delhi (Mar 14); issues proposal (May 16). |
| 6 Jul, 1946 | Jawaharlal Nehru takes over as Congress president. |
| 6 Aug, 1946 | Wavell invites Nehru to form an interim government; Interim Government takes office (Sep 2). |
| 9 Dec, 1946 | First session of the Constituent Assembly of India starts. Muslim League boycotts it. |
| 20 Feb, 1947 | British Prime Minister Attlee declares that the British government would leave India not later than Jun 1948. |
| 24 Mar, 1947 | Lord Mountbatten, the last British Viceroy and Governor General of India, sworn in (Mar 24, 1947 to Jun 21, 1948) |
| 3 Jun, 1947 | Mountbatten Plan for the partion of India and the announcement (Jun 4 that transfer to power will take place on Aug 15. |
| 15 Aug, 1947 | India wins freedom |
Where They Rest:
| Famous Personality of India | Place |
|---|---|
| Mahatma Gandhi | Raj Ghat |
| J.L.Nehru | Shantivan |
| B.R. Ambedkar | Chaithrabhoomi |
| Indira Gandhi | Shaktisthal |
| Charan Singh | Kisan Ghat |
| Zail Singh | Ektasthal |
| Rajiv Gandhi | Virbhoomi |
| Morarji Desai | Abhay Ghat |
| Gulzari Lai Nanda | Narayan Ghat |
| Jagjivan Ram | Samatasthal |
| L.B. Shastri | Vijay Ghat |
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