Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Indian Freedom struggle:

1885- Indian National Congress first Meet at Bombay, about 80 leaders from all over India participated. on 28th December 1885.

1886- Second National congress meet at Calcutta. more than 400 leaders participated in this meet. Dadabhayi Navaroji headed this meet.

1888-Forth National congress meets at Allahabad. More than one thousand leaders participated in it.

1907- National congress divided into two wings, a peace-loving group, and revolutionary groups.                                                                                                                                                                                             Savarkar wrote the book on 1857 first Indian freedom struggle.                                                                                                

The British government in India applied the divide and rule policy. 

1909- Lahore congress, in the leadership of  Madan Mohan Malaviya. Gokhale met Mohandas Gandhi in South Africa, who was struggling against the discrimination against Black people by white English people. Gandhiji was arrested and sent to jail in South Africa.

1914-First world war started.

1916- Home rule organized in Madras by Annie Besant. use of desi-goods, education in the local language, and freedom were the aims of this league. In June 1817 Annie Besant was arrested. Gandhiji returned to India and established Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat. 1917 Raulat Act passed, 1919 Jaliyanwala Bagh killings.

1919-National congress meets in December in Amritsar of Punjab. The non-cooperation movement started. Motilal Nehru presided over the organization. Gandhiji was also present in the meet. khilafat movement started by the Muslim wing of British India.

1920-Non- cooperation movement started in August. Nagpur Congress meet held in December 1920. Gandhiji led the movement. More and more Muslims joined the movement. the government employees resigned, advocates did not go to court and students remained absent from their classes. Foreign clothes were burnt. Nationalism woke-up in Indians. Kashi Vidyapeeth, jamiya Islamiyah, Bihar Vidyapeeth, Gujrat Vidyapeeth, and Tilak Maharastra Vidyapeeth started. functioning.

1922- Chowri Chora episode in which polish station was burnt. Gandhiji called off the non-cooperative movement. Gandhiji was sent to jail. common people and peasants also participated in the national movement. they started wearing hand made khadi dress. It became a people.s movement.

1929-Lahore congress meet declared the agenda of complete freedom to India. 

1930-26th January celebrated as Indian freedom day procession all over the nation. In Lahore, Jawaharlal Nehru was elected president of the procession who was sitting on a horse in the procession.

1930- Namak Satyagraha- Dandi Yatra for 24 days to reach the sea from Ahmadabad started by Gandhiji. on 6th April they reached the sea to make salt.

1931-Motilal Nehru expired in April 1931.

1932-Gandhiji was arrested and sent to Yerawada Jail Pune.

1935- Govt of India Act passed.

1937-Elections held under the India Act 1935.

1938-Subhash Chandra Bose was elected Congress president.

1941-Subhash escaped to Germany.

1942- Quit India resolution passed. civil disobedience movement started across India.

1947-Lard Mountbatten was sworn in as the Last Viceroy of India.

-The Partition plan announced. On 18-7-1947, India's Independence bill passed.

On 15th August 1947, India got Independence. Jawaharlal Nehru became the Prime Minister of India.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  


No comments:

Post a Comment