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Year Venue President

1885, 1882 Bombay , Allahabad W.C.Bannerji

1886 Calcutta Dadabhai Naoroji

1893 Lahore "

1906 Calcutta "

1887 Madras Badruddin Tyyabji (fist Muslim President)

1888 Allahabad George Yule (first English President)

1889 Bombay Sir William Wedderburn

1890 Calcutta Sir Feroze S.Mehta

1895, 1902 Poona, Ahmedabad S.N.Banerjee

1905 Banaras G.K.Gokhale

1907, 1908 Surat, Madras Rasbehari Ghosh

1909 Lahore M.M.Malviya

1916 Lucknow A.C.Majumdar (Re-union of the Congress)

1917 Calcutta Annie Besant (first woman President)

1919 Amritsar Motilal Nehru

1920 Calcutta (sp.session) Lala Lajpat Rai

1921,1922 Ahmedabad, Gaya C.R.Das

1923 Delhi (sp.session) Abdul Kalam Azad (youngest President)

1924 Belgaon M.K.Gandhi

1925 Kanpur Sarojini Naidu (first Indian woman President)

1928 Calcutta Motilal Nehru (first All India Youth Congress Formed)

1929 Lahore J.L.Nehru (Poorna Swaraj resolution was passed)

1931 Karachi Vallabhbhai Patel (Here, resolution on Fundamental rights and the
National Economic Program was passed)

1932, 1933 Delhi, Calcutta (Session Banned)

1934 Bombay Rajendra Prasad

1936 Lucknow J.L.Nehru

1937 Faizpur J.L.Nehru (first session in a village)

1938 Haripura S.C.Bose (a National Planning Committed set-up under J. L. Nehru).

1939 Tripuri S. C. Bose was re-elected but had to resign due to protest by Gandhiji
(as Gandhiji supported Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya). Rajendra Prasad
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1940 Ramgarh Abdul Kalam Azad

1946 Meerut Acharya J.B.Kriplani

1948 Jaipur Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya.

INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT (1905-1916)

• The important extremist leaders were Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and
Aurobindo Ghosh.
PARTITION OF BENGAL (1905)
• Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal.
Swadeshi Movement (1905)
• Against the bengal partition.
• This made the British reverse the partition of Bengal and unite it in 1911.
Formation of Muslim League (1906)
• Founded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Aga Khan III, Khwaja Salimullah
Surat Session (1907)
• The INC split into two groups -The extremists and The moderates, at the Surat session in 1907.
MORLEY-MINTO REFORMS (1909)
• Introduced separate electorates for the Muslims.
Annulment of Bengal Partition (1911)
Ghadar Party of India in (1913)
• Formed by Lala Hardayal, Taraknath Das and Sohan Singh Bhakna.
• HQ was at San Francisco.
Komagata Maru Incident (1914)
• Komagata Maru was the name of a ship which was carrying 370 passengers, mainly Sikh and Punjabi
Muslim would-be immigrants, from Singapore to Vancouver.
• The ship finally reached at Calcutta in September 1914 but the inmates refused to board the Punjab-
bound train.
• In the ensuing with the police near Calcutta, 22 persons died.
Lucknow Session (1916)
• Moderates and Extremists were united again
• In this session the Congress and the Muslim League came closer to each other and they signed the
historic Lucknow Pact.
Home Rule League Movement 1916
• Annie Besant, the Irish theosophist, had decided of a movement for Home Rule on the lines of the Irish
Home Rule Leagues

THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT (1917-1947)

Emergence of Gandhi in India
• M K Gandhi returned from South Africa (where he had lived for more than 20 years) to India in 1915.
Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
• The first civil disobedience movement by Gandhi in the freedom struggle.
• Persuaded by Rajkumar Shukla, an indigo cultivator, Gandhi went to Champaran in Bihar to investigate
the conditions of the farmers there.
Kheda Satyagraha (1918)

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• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, under Gandhi’s guidance, led the farmers in protest against the collection of
taxes in the wake of the famine.
Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918)
Rowlatt Act (1919)
• As per this Act, any person could be arrested on the basis of suspicion.
• No appeal or petition could be filed against such arrests.
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13 April, 1919)
• On 13 th April, the Baisakhi day (harvest festival), a public meeting was organized at the Jallianwala
Bagh (garden)
• General Dyer marched in and without any warning opened fire on the crowd.
Khilafat Movement (1920)
• The chief cause of the Khilafat Movement was the defeat of Turkey in the First World War.
• The whole movement was based on the Muslim belief that the Caliph (the Sultan of Turkey) was the
religious head of the Muslims all over the world
• The Khilafat Movement merged with the Non-Cooperation Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi in
1920:
Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-1922)
• It was approved by the INC at the Nagpur session in December, 1920.
• But the whole movement was abruptly called off on 11th February 1922 by Gandhi following the Churi
Chaura incident
Swaraj Party
• The suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement led to a split within Congress in the Gaya session of
the Congress in December 1922.
• Leaders like Motilal Nehru and Chittranjan Das formed a separate group within the Congress known as
the Swaraj Party on 1 January 1923.
Simon Commission (1927)
• In November 1927 the British Government appointed the Simon Commission to look into the working
of the Government of India Act of 1919 and to suggest changes.
• The Commission consisted of Englishmen without a single Indian representative.
Nehru Report (1928)
Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-1934)
• In lahore session 1929 presided over by Jawaharlal Nehru the Congress passed the Poorna Swaraj
resolution
• Moreover, as the government failed to accept the Nehru Report, the Congress gave a call to launch the
Civil Disobedience Movement.
The Dandi March (1930)
• On 12th March 1930, Gandhi began his famous March to Dandi with his chosen 79 followers to break
the salt laws.
• On 6 April formally launched the Civil Disobedience Movement by breaking the salt laws.
Round Table Conferences
The first Round Table Conference (1930)
• Held in November 1930 at London and it was boycotted it by the Congress.
The second Round Table Conference (1931)
• The government lifted the ban on the Congress Party and released its leaders from prison.
• On 8 March 1931 the Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed.
• As per this pact, Mahatma Gandhi agreed to suspend the Civil-Disobedience Movement and participate
in the Second Round Table Conference.
Communal Awards
• The Communal Award was announced by the British Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, in August
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• Both the Muslim League and the Congress accepted the plan.
Mountbatten Plan (1947)
• After extensive consultation Lord Mountbatten put forth the plan of partition of India on 3 June 1947.
• The Congress and the Muslim League ultimately approved the Mountbatten Plan.
Indian Independence Act 1947
• The British Government accorded formal approval to the Mountbatten Plan by enacting the Indian
Independence Act on 18 July 1947.
• The partition of the country into India and Pakistan would come into effect from 15 August 1947.
• The Radcliff Boundary Commission drew the boundary line separating India and Pakistan.

List of Indian monuments and their builders (state-wise)

Monument Place Built by Year/Century

Agra Fort Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Akbar 1573 AD

Agra city Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Sikandar Lodi -

Aram Bagh Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Babur 1528 AD

Akbar’s Tomb Sikandra, Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Akbar and his son Jahangir 1613 AD

Tomb of Itmad-Ud-Daula Agra (Uttar Pradesh) NoorJahan 1628 AD

Jama Masjid Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Shahjahan 1648 AD

Deewan-e- Khas Agra Fort, Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Shahjahan -

Shish Mahal Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Shahjahan 1632 AD

Moti Masjid Agra Fort, Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Shahjahan 1635 AD

Taj Mahal Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Shahjahan 1653 AD

Anand Bhawan Allahabad, (Uttar Pradesh) Motilal Nehru 1930 AD

Bada Imambara Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) Asaf-ud-daula 1785 AD

Chhota Imambara Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) Muhammad Ali Shah -

Jantar Mantar Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II 1724-1738 AD

Jantar Mantar Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II 1724-1739 AD

Fatehpur Sikri Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Akbar 16th century

Jodha Bai Palace
Birbal Palace
Panch Mahal
Buland Darwaza

Rock cut temple Mamallapuram (Tamil Nadu) Mahendravarman-I 8th century

Shore temple Mamallapuram (Tamil Nadu) Narasimhavarman-II 8th century

Kailasanathar Temple Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu) Narasimhavarman-II 685-705 AD

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Airavatesvara temple Darasuram (Tamil Nadu) Rajaraja I 12th century

Brihadeshwara Tanjore (Tamil Nadu) Rajaraja chola I 1010 AD

Gangaikondacholapuram Gangaikonda cholapuram Rajendra I 12th century

(Tamil Nadu)

Saint George Fort Chennai (Tamil Nadu) East India Company 1644 AD

Meenakshi Temple Madurai, Tamil Nadu - -

Adhai Din Ka Jhopra Ajmer (Rajasthan) Qutubuddin Aibak 1192 AD

Dargah Ajmer Sharif Ajmer (Rajasthan) Sultan Shyasuddin -

Hawa Mahal Jaipur (Rajasthan) Maharaja Pratap Singh 1799 AD

Nahargarh Fort Jaipur (Rajasthan) Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II 1734 AD

Jaigarh Fort Jaipur (Rajasthan) Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II 1726 AD

Vijaya Stambha Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) Maharana Kumbha 1448 AD

Dilwara Jain Temple Mount Abu (Rajasthan) Siddharaja 1582 AD

Bharatpur Fort Bharatpur (Rajasthan) Raja Surajmal Singh 19th century

Amber Fort Jaipur (Rajasthan) Man Singh I 1592 AD

Jantar Mantar Jaipur (Rajasthan) Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II 1724-1736 AD

Mehrangarh Fort Jodhpur (Rajasthan) Rao Jodha 1460 AD

Jantar Mantar Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II 1724-1737 AD

Khajuraho Temples Madhya Pradesh Chandellas 950-1050 AD

Char- Minar Hyderabad (Telangana) Quli Qutub Shah 1591 AD

Macca Masjid Hyderabad (Telangana) Quli Qutub Shah 1694 AD

Golconda Fort Hyderabad (Telangana) Qutub Shahi rulers 16th century

Shri Venkateswara Temple Andhra Pradesh - -

Ajanta Caves Aurangabad (Maharashtra) Gupta rulers 4-10th century

Ellora Caves Maharashtra Rashtrakuta rulers 6-10th century

Elephanta Caves Mumbai (Maharashtra) Rashtrakuta rulers 5-9 century

Bibi Ka Maqbara Aurangabad (Maharashtra) Azam Shah 1661 AD

Gateway Of India Mumbai (Maharashtra) British Govt. 20th century

Vikramashila Monastery Bihar Dharma Pala 8th century

Sher Shah's Tomb Sasaram (Bihar) Sher Shah's son 1545 AD

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Nalanda University Bihar Kumaragupta I -

Purana Qila Delhi Sher Shah Suri 16th century

Safdarjung Tomb Delhi Shuja-ud-daula 1754 AD

Qutub Minar Delhi Qutubuddin Aibak 1193 AD

Alai darwaza Delhi Alauddin Khilji 1311 AD

Hauz Khas Delhi Alauddin Khilji -

Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi Feroz Shah Tughlaq -

Khirki Masjid Delhi Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq 1354 AD

Humayun’s Tomb Delhi Humayun’s wife 1533 AD

Jama Masjid Delhi Shahjahan 1656 AD

Red Fort Delhi Shahjahan 1639 AD

Moti Masjid Delhi Fort, Delhi Aurangzeb 1660 AD

Jantar Mantar New Delhi Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II 1724-1735 AD

India Gate New Delhi Edwin Lutyens (Architect) -

Lal Bagh Bengaluru (Karnataka) Hyder Ali 1760 AD

Gol Gumbaz Bijapur, Karnataka Muhammad Adil Shah 1656 AD

(largest dome in India)

Hampi Monuments Karnataka - -

Swarna Mandir Amritsar (Punjab) Guru Ramdas 1577 AD

(Golden Temple)

Shantiniketan West Bengal Rabindranath Tagore 19th century

Victoria Memorial Kolkata (West Bengal) British Govt. 1921 AD

Sun Temple Konark (Odisha) Narasimhadeva I 1250 AD

Jagannath Temple Puri (Odisha) Anantavarman Ganga 1161 AD

Shalimar Garden Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) Jahangir 1619 AD

Sanchi Stupa Sanchi, Uttar Pradesh Ashoka 3rd Century BC

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Chronology of Important Events in Indian History

Ancient India

Year Event Importance

Fire was discovered
2 Million BC to 10,00 BC Paleolithic Period
Tools made of limestones were
2 Million BC to 50,000 BC Lower Palaeolithic
used. They are found in
50,000 BC to 40,000 BC Middle Palaeolithic
Chotanagpur plateau and Kurnool
40,000 BC to 10,000 BC Upper Palaeolithic
district
Hunters and Herders
From 10,000 BC The Mesolithic Age
Microlith tools were used
Food producers
7000 BC The Neolithic age
Use of polished tools
Pre-Harappan Phase – 3000 BC Chalcolithic Age Use of Copper – first metal
Bronze age civilization,
2500 BC Harappan Phase
development of Urban culture
1500 BC-1000 BC Early Vedic period Rig Veda period
Growth of 2nd Urban phase with the
1000BC-500BC Later Vedic period
establishment of Mahajanapadhas
16 kingdoms with certain republics
600 BC – 325 BC Mahajanapadhas
established
544 BC – 412 BC Haryanka Dynasty Bimbisara, Ajatshatru and Udayin
412 BC – 342 BC Shisunga Dynasty Shisunga and Kalashoka
344BC – 323 BC Nanda Dynasty Mahapadmananda
563 BC Birth of Gautama Buddha Buddhism established
540 BC Birth of Mahavira 24th Tirthankara of Jainism
518 BC Persian Invasion Darius
483 BC 1st Buddhist council Rajgir
383 BC 2nd Buddhist Council Vaishali
Direct contact between Greek and
326 BC Macedonian Invasion
India
250 BC 3rd Buddhist council Pataliputra
322 BC – 185 BC Mauryan Period
322 BC – 298 BC Chandragupta Maurya Political unification of India,
298 BC – 273 BC Bindusara Dhamma policy of Ashoka, the
273 BC – 232 BC Ashoka growth of Art and architecture
232 BC – 185 BC Later Mauryans
185 BC – 73 BC Sunga Dynasty Pushyamitra Sunga
73 BC – 28 BC Kanva dynasty Vasudeva founded the dynasty
60 BC – 225 AD Sathavahana dynasty Capital at Paithan, MH
2 nd
BC Indo-Greeks Menander(165-145AD)
1st BC – 4th AD The Shakas Rudradaman (130 AD – 150 AD)

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St Thomas arrived in India during

1st BC – 1st AD The Parthians
the reign of Gondophernes
1st AD -4th AD The Kushans Kanishka (78 AD – 101 AD)
72 AD 4 th
Buddhist Council Kashmir
Convene of Sangam Commune,
3rd BC – 3rd AD Sangam age Rule of Cheras, Cholas and
Pandyas
319 AD – 540 AD The Gupta Age
319 AD – Gupta Age
319 – 334 AD Chandragupta I
The golden age of India
335 – 380 AD Samudragupta
Development of numerous art and
380 – 414 AD Chandragupta II
literature.
415 – 455 AD Kumaragupta
Nagara style of Temple Building
455 – 467 AD Skandagupta
Harsha (606-647 AD)
Kannauj assembly and Prayag
550 AD – 647 AD Vardhana Dynasty assembly held
Huan-Tsang visited Harsha’s
assembly
543 – 755 AD Chalukyas of Vatapi Development of Vesera style
Structural temples in Dravida style
575 - 897 AD Pallavas of Kanchi
started to develop

Medieval India
Early Medieval Period (650 – 1206 AD)

Year Event Importance

750 – 1150 AD Rule of the Palas Capital at Munger, Bihar

752 – 973 AD The Rasthrakutas Capital at Malkhed

730 – 1036 AD The Pratiharas Ruled western India

712 AD First Muslim Invasion Mahmud Bin Qasim invaded India

Capital at Tanjore, epitome

850 – 1279 AD The Cholas
moment for Dravidian Architecture

998 – 1030 AD First Turk invasion Mahmud of Ghazni

1175 – 1206 AD Second Turk invasion Mahmud of Ghori

First battle of Tarain in 1191

between Prithviraj and Mahmud of
1178 – 1192 AD Prithviraj Chauhan
Ghori
1192, Second battle of Tarain

The Sultanate Period (1206 – 1526 AD)

The Slave Dynasty
Year Event Importance

Known as Lal Bakhsh, began the

1206 – 1210 AD Qutbuddin Aibak
construction of Qutb Minar
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1211 – 1236 AD Shamsuddin Iltumish Real founder of Delhi Sultanate

First and only muslim lady who

1236 – 1240 AD Razia Sultana
ever ruled India

1240 – 1266 AD Weak successors

1266 – 1287 AD Ghiyasuddin Balban Established Diwan-i-Arz

The Khalji Dynasty

Year Events Importance

1290 – 1296 AD Jalaluddin Khalji Founder of Khalji dynasty

Did many administrative reforms,

1296 – 1316 AD Allaudin Khalji introduced the Dagh and Chehra
system

The Tuglaq dynasty

Year Events Importance
1320 – 1325 AD Ghiyasuddin Tuglaq Founder
Introduction of administrative
1325 – 1351 AD Mohammed-Bin-Tuglaq reforms and certain ambitious
projects
1351 – 1388 AD Firoz Shah Tuglaq Built great cities
Taimur, the descendant of Chengiz
1398 – 1399 AD Taimur Invasion Khan, invaded during the reign of
Muhammad Shah Tuglaq

The Sayyid dynasty 1414 – 1451 AD

The Lodhi Dynasty (1451 – 1526 AD)

Year Events Importance
1451 – 1488 AD Bahlol Lodhi Founder of Lodhi dynasty
1489 – 1517 AD Sikander Lodhi Founded the city of Agra
Babur defeated Lodhi in the first
1517 – 1526 AD Ibrahim Lodhi
battle of Panipat

Vijaynagar and Bahmani Kingdoms

Vijaynagar Kingdom
Year Events Importance
1336 – 1485 AD Sangama Dynasty Founded by Harihara and Bukka
1485 – 1505 AD Saluva Dynasty Saluva Narasgima
1505 – 1570 AD Tuluva Dynasty Veer Narashima

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A gifted Scholar, contemporary of

1509 – 1529 AD Krishna Deva Raya
Babur
1570 – 1650 AD Aravidu Dynasty Founded by Tirumala

Bahmani Kingdom
Year Events Importance
Founded the Bahmani Kingdom at
1347 – 1358 AD Alaudin Hasan Bahman Shah
Gulbarga
1397 – 1422 AD Tajuddin Firoz Shah
1422 – 1435 AD Ahmad Shah Wali

Mughal Empire

Founder of Mughal empire after the

1526 – 1530 AD Babur
1st Battle of Panipat

1530 – 1540 AD
Humayun He was defeated by Sher Shah
1555 – 1556 AD

Sher Shah defeated Humayun and

1540 – 1555 AD Sur Empire
ruled from 1540-45 AD

1556 2nd Battle of Panipat Akbar Vs. Hemu

Established Din-i-illahi, expanded

1556 – 1605 AD Akbar
Mughal empire

Captain William Hawkins and Sir

1605 – 1627 AD Jehangir Thomas Roe visited the Mughal
court

The pinnacle of Mughal empire and

1628 -1658 AD Shahjahan
art and architecture

Beginning of the decline of Mughal

1658 – 1707 AD Aurangazeb
empire

Decline and disintegration of

1707 – 1857 AD Later Mughals Mughal empire with gaining
strength of the British

Maratha State and Maratha Confederacy

Maratha state 1674 – 1720 AD

Year Events Importance

Contemporary of Aurangazeb and

1674 – 1680 AD Shivaji the biggest challenge for the
Mughals in Deccan

1680 – 1689 AD Sambhaji

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1689 – 1700 AD Rajaram

1700 – 1707 AD Tarabai

1707 – 1749 AD Shahu The rise of Peshwas

1713 – 1720 AD Balaji Vishwanath The first Peshwa

Maratha Confederacy 1720 – 1818 AD

1720 – 1740 AD Baji Rao I

1740 – 1761 AD Balaji Baji Rao

Defeat of Marathas by Ahmad Shah

1761 AD Third battle of Panipat
Abdali

1761 – 1818 AD Later successors

Anglo Maratha Wars

1775 – 1782 AD 1st Anglo Maratha War British were defeated

Marathas were defeated and they

1803 – 1806 AD 2nd War
signed the Subsidiary Alliance

1817 – 1818 AD 3rd War Marathas were decisively defeated

Modern India
Bengal

Year Events Importance

Capital of Bengal transferred to

1717 – 1727 AD Murshid Quli Khan
Murshidabad

1727 – 1739 AD Shujauddin

1739 – 1740 AD Sarfaraj khan

1740 – 1756 AD Alivardi Khan

1756 – 1757 AD Sirajuddaulah Battle of Plassey

1757 – 1760 AD Mir Jafar

1760 – 1764 AD Mir Qasim Battle of Buxar

Mysore

Year Events Importance

Establishment of Modern Mysore

1761 – 1782 AD Haider Ali
state

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1766 – 1769 AD 1st Anglo – Mysore war Haider ali defeated the British

Haider ali was defeated by Sir

1780 – 1784 AD 2nd Anglo – Mysore war
Eyrecoot

1782 – 1799 AD Tippu Sultan Continued the 2nd war

1790 – 1792 AD 3rd Anglo – Mysore war Tipu ceded half of his territory

1799 4th Anglo – Mysore war Tipu sultan died

Punjab

1792 – 1839 AD Maharaja Ranjit Singh Founder of Sikh rule

1845 – 1846 AD 1st Anglo – Sikh war Sikhs were defeated

1848 – 1849 AD 2nd Anglo – Sikh war Dalhousie annexed Punjab

Advent of Europeans in India

1498 Portuguese East India company Headquarters at Cochin and Goa

1600 English East India company Madras, Calcutta and Bombay

1602 Dutch East India company Pulicat, Nagapattinam

1616 Danish East India company Serampore

1664 French East India company Pondicherry

Carnatic wars

1746-48 1st Anglo-French war Treaty of Aix-la-chapelle

1749-54 2nd Anglo-French war Treaty of Pondicherry

1758-63 3rd Anglo-French war Treaty of Paris

Freedom Struggle

Revolt due to socio-religious and

1857 First war of Indian independence
economic causes

1885 Formation of Congress A O Hume

Dominated by Dadabai Naoroji,

1885 – 1905 Moderate phase
Surendranath Banerjea

Dominated by Lal-Bal-Pal and

1905 – 1917 Extremists Phase
Aurobindo Ghosh

1905 Bengal Partition Curzon announced the partition

1905 – 1908 Swadeshi movement Boycott of foreign products

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1906 Muslim league formation

1906 Calcutta Session of INC Swaraj as the goal

Question on extending the

1907 Surat split
movement to the rest of India

1909 Morley – Minto reforms Separate electorate for Muslims

1915 – 1916 Home rule movement BG Tilak and Annie Besant

1916 Lucknow pact Pact between Congress and League

1916 Lucknow session Extremists admitted in Congress

Gandhian Era

Early life

Foundation of Natal Indian

1893 – 1914 Gandhi in South Africa Congress, Sathyagraha and CDM
against British excesses

1915 – 1948 Gandhi in India

Arrived in Bombay. First two years

1915 to tour India and not to participate
in any political movement

1917 Champaran Campaign Against the Indigo cultivators

1918 Ahmedabad First hunger strike

1918 Kheda First non-cooperation movement

Against the Rowlatt act and

1919 Rowlatt Sathyagraha
Jallianwala massacre

Non-cooperation and Khilafat

1920-22
movement

Gandhi elected as Congress

1924 Belgaum session
president

Dandi March
Gandhi – Irwin Pact
1930 -34 Civil disobedience movement 2nd Roundtable conference
Resuming the Civil disobedience
movement

1940-41 Individual satyagraha

1942 Quit India movement Do or die

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Important Events during this period

Gandhi gave a call for Rowlatt

1919 Rowlatt act
satyagraha

1919 Jallianwala Massacre

Khilafat and Non-cooperation

1920-22 Hindu Muslim unity
movement

1922 Chauri Chaura incident Gandhi called off NCM

1923 Congress Khilafat Swaraj Party Enter legislative councils

All white commission to review the

1927 Simon commission
1919 act

To determine the principles of the

1928 Nehru committee report
constitution

1929 Jinnah’s 14 points

1929 Lahore session Purna Swaraj

1930 Civil disobedience movement Dandi March

To ask Gandhi participate in the 2nd

1931 Gandhi Irwin Pact
RTC

1931 2nd RTC held in London

1932 Communal award

1932 Poona Pact

1935 Government of India act Provisional autonomy

1937 18 months rule of Congress begins

1939-45 World War II begins

1939 Congress ministries resign

Linlithgow proposed to seek India’s

1940 August offer
cooperation in the World War

1941 Individual Satyagraha

1942 Cripps mission

1942 Quit India movement

1943 Gandhi’s 21 days fast

1944 C R Formula

1945 Wavell Plan and Shimla Conference

1945 INA Trails

1946 RIN Ratings Mutiny

1946 Cabinet mission plan

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1946 Formation of Interim government

Formation of the constituent

1946
assembly

1947 Atlee’s announcement

1947 Mountbatten Plan

1947 Indian independence act, 1947

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