In our journey of freedom, we have included the history of Indian Independence movement. Till now we have covered the time-span from 1400 to 1929. We have covered the tale of how India came under the rule of British Government, How many wars have been fought by different kingdoms? Today, we are going to cover the political movements that played a huge part in our freedom fight.
5. August
1925
The Kakori Train Conspiracy
1927 The British Prime Minister appoints Simon Commission
1928 Murder of Lala Lajpat Rai
Swaraj Party was formed by Motilal Nehru and
Vallabhbhai Patel.
9 January, 1923
6.
7. 9th March, 1929
All Parties Muslim Conference
formulates the 'Fourteen Points'
under the leadership of Jinnah.
8. Shivaram Rajguru
8th April,1929
Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt
The Central Legislative
Assent, protesting against the
passage of the Public Safety Bill and
the Trade Disputes Bill
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Chandra Shekhar Azad
Sukhdev Thapar
9. • 31st December,1929
• The Lahore session of the INC adopts the goal of complete independence
(poorna swarajya) for India
• Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the tricolor on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore.
10. 14th Fabruary,1930
INC met at Sabarmati and passes the Civil
Disobedience resolution
April 1930
Dandi
March
400 KMs
(241-mile) in 24
days to protest
salt tax
11. November 1930
First Round Table Conference begins in London to consider the report of the
Simon Commission on 30th November.
12. 5 March 1931 Gandhi-Irvin Pact before the second Round
Table Conference in London
23rd March,1931
Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Rajguru were executed.
14. Gandhiji in jail
begins his epic "fast unto death" against
the Communal Award on 20th September and ends the fast on 26th of the same
month
15. 1932
•The Third Round Table Conference begins in London (Nov 17 to
Dec 24)
1933
•Gandhiji released from prison as he begins fast for self-
purification on 9th May.
•INC suspends Civil Disobedience movement but authorizes
Satyagraha by individuals.
4th August,1935
•The Government of India Act 1935 was passed.
17. •Subhash Chandra Bose
resigns as the president
of the INC in April.
1939
•Second World War (Sep
1). Great Britain declares
war on Germany on 3rd
September; the Viceroy
declares that India too is
at war.
1939 •a year after war broke
out, the British had put
Bose under house arrest
in Calcutta.
In 1940,
18. • 1940 - Lahore session of the Muslim League passes the
Pakistan Resolution in March
In 1942 the Congress launched the Quit India movement.
Dyer suffered a series of strokes during the last years of his life and he became increasingly isolated due to the paralysis and speechlessness inflicted by his strokes. He died of cerebral haemorrhage and arteriosclerosis in 1927.[50] On his deathbed, Dyer reportedly saidMichael O'Dwyer, the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab from 1912 to 1919, endorsed General Dyer and called the massacre a "correct" action.[51] Some historians now believe he premeditated the massacre and set Dyer to work.[52][53][54][55] Many Indians blamed O'Dwyer, and while Dyer was never assaulted, O'Dwyer was assassinated in London in 1940 by Udham Singh as a retaliation for his role in the massacre.
Gandhi called off the movement following the ChauriChaura incident, which saw the death of twenty-two policemen at the hands of an angry mob.In response to the police killings the British authorities declared martial law in and around ChauriChaura. Several raids were conducted and hundreds of people were arrested.A total of 228 people were brought to trial on charges of "rioting and arson" in conjunction with the ChauriChaura affair.[6] Of these 6 died while in police custody, while 172 were sentenced to death by hanging following conviction in a trial which lasted eight months
Second Round Table Conference: Gandhiji returns from London after the deadlock in llnd RTC on 28th December. Launches Civil Disobedience Movement. The INC declared illegal.