1855 : Indian National Congress founded as forum for emerging nationalist feeling.
DECOLONIZATION of India
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1858 : India comes under direct rule of the British crown after failed Indian mutiny.
1920 : Nationalist figurehead Mahatma Gandhi launches anti-British civil disobedience campaign.
1942 : Congress launches "Quit India" movement.
1947 : End of British rule and partition of sub-continent into mainly Hindu India and Muslim-majority state of Pakistan. India gained independence on August 14, 1947 after a non-violent independence movement.
1948 : Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir.
1951 : Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru.
1962 : India loses brief border war with China.
1964 : Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
1965 : Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.
1971 : Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.
1974 : India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
He was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.
He was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence.
India began to take their first steps toward creating a stronger army also referred to as "Smiling Buddha".
At the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the 'Quit India' movement. The next day, Gandhi Nehru and many other leaders of the Indian National Congress were arrested by the British Government.
This page carried reports of the first Independence Day.
Works Citied
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