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British Rule on India
1498
It all began when the first route in sea was discovered by Vasco Da Gama in the year 1498 and entered Calcutta for the first time in the world's history. The British people were only doing businesses here and there in India with the support of Indian Emperor at that time period.
1757
The British did not start their rule in our country till the year 1757 when the first war the Battle of Plassey started. This is the first war in which the Siraj Ud Daullah, Mir Jafar and Rai Dhurlab were all defeated and killed by the British Army.
1764
The second battle in India against the British was the Battle of the Buxer where the Nawabs and the Mughal empires jointly went in war with the British Emperor, but it was also a failure as both the Nawabs from the Bengal and the Indian Emperor were defeated by the British.
1857
The first war for the Indian Independence occurred in this year and this was the year when the British rulers took India fully under their control.
1885
This is the year when the Indian National Congress was formed. This is the period where the other famous leaders of the Indian History like Dadhabhai Naoroji, G.K Gokhale, Subramaniyam Iyyar,Bal Gangadhar Tilak etc. came to the join the Indian National Congress.
1905
This is the year when the Bengal was partitioned from India and a separate country named the Bengal was formed and this had its own constituency, this was formed due to the gap that existed between the Hindu religions and the Muslims.
1905
Another important step taken by the Indian leaders against the British took place in this period and that was the Swadesi movement and the Boycott movement. This was the movement that made the Britishers angry as the movement was to boycott the products of the British and to use the products produced by the Indians. This was more effective than the speeches as the things produced by the British were burned down in abundance at various places of the country. This made the British angry as the products produced by them were not used and instead the products made by the spinning wheel were used.
1916
In this year the Home Run rule which means government for our self was introduced by the famous revolutionaries like Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant. While Bal Gangadhar started his protest in Pune Anne Besant started the protest in Tamil Nadu.
1919
In this year the Home Run rule which means government for our self was introduced by the famous revolutionaries like Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant. While Bal Gangadhar started his protest in Pune Anne Besant started the protest in Tamil Nadu.
1920
The Non corporation movement was started by Gandhi only in this year where it was for the refusal of the foreign government, its law, and the products from the foreign were neglected in total by the Indians. It is as the name indicates a non-corporation between British and the Indians.
1923
Swaraj Party- This is the movement where the Motilal Nehru, Kelkar and Das wanted to end the Boycott movement started by Gandhi while on the other hand the other leaders like Rajendra Prasad and the Rajagopal Chari wanted to continue the Boycott movement and didn't want to attend the British Legislations that were held at that time.
1930
Dandi March- This was the march that was started by our nation father Gandhi along with some78 supporters where they started to walk from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmadabad to the place called Dandi in Mumbai. The movement was also called as Salt Satyagraha as the sole aim of the march was to prepare our own salt rather to depend on the British.
1942
The famous Quit India movement by the Indians started in this year that was again leaded by the Mahatma Gandhi, Where the prime motive was to send the British out of our nation and after this protest most of them were arrested and kept in the prison for most of the days.
1947
It is in this year that India got its independence from the British after fighting many cold wars. Another important thing that happened in this year was the partition of Pakistan and India where the Leader of the Muslim League Wanted a separate country for the Muslims and thus India divided into two countries namely India and Pakistan where the Prime Minister of India was Jawaharlal Nehru and the Prime Minister of Pakistan was Md. Ali Jinnah.
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