| Year |
Event |
| 1857 |
Revolt of 1857 (Sepoy Mutiny / First War of Independence) |
| 1858 |
Government of India Act; Crown takes over from the Company; Queen's Proclamation |
| 1875 |
Arya Samaj founded by Dayananda Saraswati |
| 1885 |
Indian National Congress founded; first session at Bombay under W C Bonnerjee |
| 1905 |
Partition of Bengal by Curzon; Swadeshi and Boycott begin |
See revolt of 1857 and socio religious reform movements.
| Year |
Event |
| 1906 |
Muslim League founded at Dacca; Congress adopts Swaraj as goal (Calcutta) |
| 1907 |
Surat Split between Moderates and Extremists |
| 1909 |
Morley-Minto Reforms; separate electorates for Muslims |
| 1911 |
Annulment of Bengal partition; capital shifts to Delhi |
| 1915 |
Gandhi returns to India from South Africa |
| 1916 |
Lucknow Pact (Congress-League unity); Home Rule Leagues (Tilak and Annie Besant) |
| 1917 |
Champaran Satyagraha (Gandhi's first in India) |
| Year |
Event |
| 1919 |
Rowlatt Act; Jallianwala Bagh massacre (13 April); Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms |
| 1920 |
Non-Cooperation Movement launched; Khilafat alliance |
| 1922 |
Chauri Chaura incident; Gandhi suspends Non-Cooperation |
| 1927 |
Simon Commission appointed (no Indian member) |
| 1928 |
Simon Commission arrives; "Simon Go Back"; Nehru Report |
| 1929 |
Lahore session; Purna Swaraj resolution; Independence pledge |
| 1930 |
Dandi Salt March (12 March); Civil Disobedience Movement; First Round Table Conference |
| 1931 |
Gandhi-Irwin Pact; Second Round Table Conference |
| 1932 |
Communal Award; Poona Pact (Gandhi and Ambedkar) |
| 1934 |
Civil Disobedience formally withdrawn |
See gandhian era and mass movements and personalities of the freedom struggle.
| Year |
Event |
| 1935 |
Government of India Act 1935; provincial autonomy |
| 1937 |
Provincial elections; Congress ministries formed |
| 1939 |
Congress ministries resign on the outbreak of the Second World War |
| 1940 |
Lahore Resolution (Pakistan demand); August Offer |
| 1942 |
Cripps Mission (failed); Quit India Movement (8 August) |
| 1943 to 1945 |
Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army campaign |
| 1945 |
Shimla Conference; INA trials at the Red Fort |
| 1946 |
Cabinet Mission; Royal Indian Navy mutiny; Direct Action Day; Interim Government |
| 1947 |
Mountbatten Plan (3 June); Indian Independence Act; independence and partition (15 August) |
See towards independence acts and partition and governors general and viceroys.
| Movement |
Year |
Note |
| Swadeshi |
1905 |
Against Bengal partition |
| Non-Cooperation |
1920 to 1922 |
Gandhi; with Khilafat |
| Civil Disobedience |
1930 to 1934 |
Salt Satyagraha its symbol |
| Quit India |
1942 |
"Do or Die"; Bombay session |