India
Freedom Movement
1857:- First war of Independence
The Enfield Rifle
cartridge which
lubricated with pig’s and
cow’s lard , which
sepoys had to bite off its
ends
March 1857 Mangal
Panday attacked the
British officers
10th May 1857 at
Meerut, A mutiny of
sepoys of British east
India company army
1885 Formation of INC
December 28 1885
, INC was founded
at Gokuldas Tejpal
Sanskrit college in
Bombay
The resolution
passed on were
• Civil rights
• Adminstrative
• Constitutional
• Economical
1905:- Partition of Bengal
It was a tactic
‘divide and rule
policy’ to weaken
Bengal.
It was done by
Lord Curzon , A
British viceroy in
India.
The swadeshi
movement was
started to protest
against this.
1905:-Swadeshi Movement
It was one of the
most successful
movements
against the British
rule
During the
movement ,
Indians boycotted
foreign goods and
bought only
Indian goods.
The movement
1915:-Gandhiji’s return to India
He was a Anti
Colonial Nationalist
and a Political
Ethicist.
He was raised in a
Hindu Family in
Coastal Western
Gujarat.
He got a degree in
law at UK and he
went to south Africa
at the age of 24 and
protested against
the discrimination by
the white rulers.
1916:-Lucknow Pact
It was a
document jointly
drafted by the
Indian National
Congress and
the all India
Muslim League
The Indian
Politics took a
new turn with the
change in the
1919:-Rowlatt Act
It was a legislative
council act
passed by the
Imperial
legislative Council
on 18 March
1919.
They gave
enormous power
to the police to
search a place
and arrest any
person without
1919:-JallianWala bagh Massacre
1919:-Khilafat Movement
It is also called
the Indian Muslim
Movement.
It was a protest
against the
sanctions placed
on the Caliph and
the Ottaman
empire after the
first World War 1.
1920:-Non Co-operation Movement
Gandhiji planned to
persuade all Indians
to withdraw their
labour from any
activity that
sustained the
government
including British
Industries and
Educational
Institutions.
It was a reaction
towards oppressive
Mangal Pandey
He was an Indian soldier
known for helping to
spark the first war of
independence.
Pandey’s rebellion
inspired many Indians to
raise their voice against
the British rule.
Subash Chandra Bose
He was an Indian Nationalist
whose patriotism made him a
hero in India.
Because Nethaji continued his
effort to get freedom from
British , he went out of India
and learnt how to get freedom
from other countries and he
created INA ( Indian National
Army )
He said “ Men , money and
material cannot by themselves
bring victory or freedom. We
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
➢ He was an Indian nationalist ,
teacher and he was the first
leader of the Indian
Independence Movement.
➢ The British called him “The
father of the Indian unrest”
➢ his famous quote was “Swaraj
is my birthright and I shall have
it”
Rani Lakshmi Bai
➢ She was one of the leading figure
of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
1922:-Chauri Chaura Incident
In 1922 , a large
group of protesters
( participating in the
Non Co-operation
movement )
clashed with a
group of police who
open fired and
some protesters set
fire to the police
station killing all of
its occupants.
It happened in
chauri chaura ,
1927:-Simon Commison
It was also called
the Indian
Statutory
Commisson
It was strongly
opposed by many
Indians
Indians saw it as
a violation to their
right of self
determination and
insult to their self
1929:-Poorna Swaraj
Poorna means
complete , swa
means self and raj
means rule in Hindi
so poorna swaraj
means complete
self rule
The flag of India
was hoisted on 31
December 1929 on
the banks of the
Ravi river in Lahore
( present day
1930:-Non Violence Civil Disobedience Movement
It was an active ,
professed refusal
of every Indian to
obey certain laws
and commands
by the British Raj
People decided to
not pay tax and
spun cotton with
chakra on a large
scale.
1930:-Dandi March
It was also known
as the Salt
Satyagraha
It was a 24 day
non violent march
which acted as a
direct action
campaign of tax
resistance and
non violent
protest against
1935:-Creation of the New Constitution
It is the
fundamental laws
and guaranteed
some basic rights
for its citizen
It explains the basic
principles of the
constitution’s
popular sovereignty
, limited
government ,
separation of
powers , checks
and balances
1940:-England’s Involvement in World War II
World war 2
lasted from 1939
to 1945
Switzerland ,
Spain , Portugal
and Sweden all
declared
themselves
neutral during
world war 2.
1942:-Quit India Movement
ON 8th August
1942 , Gandhiji
launched the Quit
India Movement
Immediately , tens
of thousands of
leaders of the
Indian National
Congress were
arrested.
1947:-End of British Rule
The British fought
in World War 2
and they got
heavy losses in
their army.
So they thought
that if they still
didn’t leave India
then Indians
would try to rule
them and would
succeed
