This File has information of the important milestones in the Indian Freedom Struggle chronologically sorted. I do not advocate use of extremism or violence. The information provided are of historical significance. The data is for informational purposes only. Errors and omissions regretted.
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Historical Milestones in the Indian Struggle for Independence
This File has information of the important milestones in the Indian Freedom Struggle chronologically sorted. I do not advocate use of extremism or violence. The information provided are of historical significance. The data is for informational purposes only. Errors and omissions regretted.
This File has information of the important milestones in the Indian Freedom Struggle chronologically sorted. I do not advocate use of extremism or violence. The information provided are of historical significance. The data is for informational purposes only. Errors and omissions regretted.
Year Milestones Location / Imp incidents - Facts Addl Information.
1806 Vellore Sipoy Mutiny Vellore, TN
1817 Paika Bidroha Orissa 1857 Sepoy Mutiny Punjab, UP, Madhya Pradesh 1867 East India Association 1876 Indian National Association 1885 Indian National Congress ( Pre Independence) Bombay, A.O. Hume 1905 Bengal Partition 1905 India House England 1905 Abhinav Bharat, Free India Society 1905 Bhadralok, Jugantar, Anushilan Samiti, Alipore bomb case 1906 All India Muslim League 1906 Indian Home Rule Society 1907 Radicals and Moderates Congress 1908 India House New york US 1908 Indian Independence League Portland Oregon 1913 Ghadar Party US 1914 Indian Independence Comittee Germany 1914 - 1918 First world war 1.3 million Indian Soldiers 1915 Defence of India Act GB 1915 Home Rule League Annie Besant 1915 Singapore Mutiny ( 5th Native Light Infantry Mutiny) Singapore 1916 Congress - Muslim League (Lucknow) Pact Lucknow 1917 Annie Larsen Affair US 1919 Government of India Act GB 1919 Jalian Walla Bagh 13th April Amritsar 1919 ROwlat Act 1919 - 1924 Kilafat, Red Shirts (Surkh Posh) Lucknow, Peshawar, Nagaland 1920 Satyagraha 1920 Swaraj Hindu Mahasabha, CPI, RSS Formation 1920 Tamil Nadu for Equality and Freedom 1920 Hindustan Socialist Republican Association 1920 Khaksar Tehreek 1921 Malabar Rebellion, Mapilla Revolts Kerala 1921 Anjumen-e Islah ul-Afghan 1922 Chauri Chaura 1925 Draft of Constitution Cawnpore 1925 Commonwealth of India Bill 1925 Kakori Conspiracy 1927 Anjuman-e Zamidaran 1927 Pashtun Jirga 1928 Draft of Constitution, Nehru Report 1928 Bengal Volunteers 1929 Purna Swaraj Lahore 1929 Khudai Khidmatgar Qissa Khwani bazzar Massacre 1930 First Round Table Conference 1930 1st Purna Swaraj Day 26th January 1930 1930 Salt Satyagraha against Taxation on Salt ( Dandi March) Peshawar, Gujarat 1930 Chittagong Armoury Raid 1931 Second Round Table conference 1931 Gandhi- Irwin Pact Karachi 1932 Chittagong European Club Raid 1935 Government of India Act Great Britain 1937 Provincial Autonomy 1937 Provincial Elections 1938 Kallara - Pangode Struggle Thiruvananathapuram Kerala 1939 - 1945 Second World War British Indian Army 2,500,000 Men 1939 - 1940 All India Forward Bloc 1940 Michael O'Dwyer's Assasination GB 1940 Battle for Britain (WW II) Resistance to Civil Disobedience movement 1942 Quit India Movement August Movement Civil Disobedience 1942 Cripps Declaration, Cripps Mission Failure and LB Shastri 1942 Bharat Chodo Andolan Mumbai, 8th August August Kranti Maidan (Gowalia Tank Maidan) 1942 - 1945 Indian National Army 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt supported Indian Cause 1943 - 1945 Azad Hind Singapore Andaman and Nicobar, Manipur 1942 - 44 Satara, Talcher , Midnapore, Ballia Overthrow of local Governments 1942 Baharvatiya Saurashtra 1942 West Bengal peasant revolt 1942 Christmas Island Mutiny 1943 Great Famine 1945 INA surrender to Britain at Singapore 1946 Royal Indian Navy mutiny 78 ships, 20 Shore Establishments and 20000 sailors 1947 June 3rd Partitioning of British India Muzaffarpur Killing 1947 August 14 Indian Independence Act 11:57 Pakistan 1947 August 15 Indian Independence Act 12:02 India 1949 November 26 Draft constitution is finished 1950 January 26 Republic of India is declared 1951 Chandernagore ceded by French 1956 Pondicherry ceded to India 1961 Portugal colonies was annexed 1975 Sikkim Joins Indian union by Vote