Nationalism in India __Important Dates and Events

The feeling of nationalism spread in Europe and deeply affected European history as much as it did affect our History textbooks and report cards, but the influence it had on this country, almost 6,467 km away, will surely make you gape in awe. And 'this' country which we are talking about is Our beloved 'India'. In this History Blog, we will be going through all the important dates and events mentioned in the chapter "Nationalism In India", helping us to brush up through all the vital concepts!

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So, Let's start

1) 1913 - 1918 - Prices doubling leading to hardships for common people

2) 1918 - 19 and 1920-21 - Crop failure - famine

3) January 1915 - Gandhi returned to India

4) 1916 - Champaran in Bihar - Peasants against plantation

5) 1917 - Kheda, Gujarat - Peasants protested against Revenue

6) 1918 - Ahmedabad - Cotton Mill workers protest

7) 1919 - Rowlatt Act

8) 6th April 1919 - Non-violent movement starts with Hartal

9) 10th April 1919 - Police open fired on a peaceful procession at Amritsar

10) 13th April 1919 - Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

11) March 1919 - Bombay, formation of Khilafat Committee

12) September 1920 - Calcutta session congress - convinced for Non- cooperation

13) 1909 - ' Hind Swaraj' book by Gandhi

14) November 1920 - Council Elections

15) December 1920 - Nagpur, congress adopted Non-Cooperation

16) January 1921 - Non-cooperation -Khilafat Movement

17) 1921-22 - Foreign goods value halved

18) June 1920 - Nehru Visited Awadh

19) October 1920 - Oudh Kisan Sabha

20) 6 January 1921 - United province fires at peasant near Rae Barel

21) 1928 - Patel movement at Bardoli

22) 1924 - Alluri Sitaram Raju - Executed

23) 1859 - Inland Emigration Act

24) 1922 - Chauri - Chaura Incident

25) February 1922 - Gandhi withdrew Non-cooperation

26) 1919 - Government of India Act

27) 1926 and 1930 - Agro prices fell and collapsed

30) 1928 - Simon commission came to India

31) 26th Jan 1930 - Independence day declared and people were to take a pledge to struggle for complete independence

32) 31st Jan 1930 - Gandhi's letter to Irwin - 11 demands

33) 11th March 1930 - End deadline for Irwin to fulfill Gandhi's demands

34) 12th March 1930 - Salt March Starts

35) 6th April 1930 - Broke Salt Law

36) April 1930 - Abdul Ghaffar - Arrested

37) 5th March 1931 - Gandhi - Irwin Pact

38) December 1931 - 2nd Round Table Conference

39) 1928 - Hindustan Socialist Republican Army at Ferozeshah Kotla - Delhi

40) April 1929 - Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar throw a bomb at Legislative Assembly

Congress Sessions

1) Calcutta session - September 1920 - Gandhi convinced other leaders of the need to start a non- cooperation movement in support of Khilafat as well as Swaraj

2) Nagpur Session - Decemeber 1920 - Non-cooperation programme was adopted

3) Lahore Session - December 1929 - Jawaharlal Nehru formalised demand of Purna Swaraj

4) Wardha Meeting - 14th July 1942 - Quit India Resolution