Partial preview of the text
Download Pre-partition Timeline and more Study notes Physical education in PDF only on Docsity!
Important Events 1857 - 1947 (90 years) 1857: The Indian Mutiny or The First War of Independence. 1858: The India Act: power transferred to British Government. 1885: Indian National Congress founded by A. O. Hume to unite all Indians and strengthen bonds with Britain. 1905: First Partition of Bengal for administrative purposes. Gives the Muslims a majority in that state. 1906: All India Muslim League founded to promote Muslim political interests. 1909: Revocation of Partition of Bengal. Creates anti- British and anti-Hindu sentiments among Muslims as they lose their majority in East Bengal. 1916: Lucknow Pact. The Congress and the League unite in demand for greater self-government. It is denied by the British. 1919: Rowlatt Acts, or black acts passed over opposition by Indian members of the Supreme Legislative Council. These were peacetime extensions of wartime emergency measures. Their passage causes further disaffection with the British and leads to protests. Amritsar Massacre. General Dyer opens fire on 20,000 unarmed Indian civilians at a political demonstration against the Rowlatt Acts. Congress and the League lose faith in the British. 1919-Moantagu-Chelmsford Reforms (implemented in 1921). A step to self-government in India within the Empire, with greater provincialisation, based ona dyarchic principle in provincial government as well as administrative responsibility. Communal representation institutionalised for the first time as reserved legislative seats are allocated for significant minorities. 1920: Gandhi launches a non-violent, non-cooperation movement, or Satyagraha, against the British for a free 
