Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi1915
Returns to India from South Africa to campaign for independence
India · Politics / Congress Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Returns to India from South Africa to campaign for independence
Persuades the Congress Party to launch a Non-Cooperation Movement
Ghandi devotes himself to the "constructive programme" to build Muslim & Hindu unity
The all-party Lucknow conference vote for dominion status for India
Formulates a plan for the Dominion Status of India
The Nehru Report is published, Ghandi launches the Civil Disobedience Movement
The Simon Commission is published, Ghandi launches the Civil Disobedience Movement
The term Pakistan is coined to denote the country of Punjabi, Afghani, Kashmiri, Sini and Baluchistani people
The Government of India Act, 11 British Indian provinces with Parliaments are created
Talks break down with Jinnah over a Hindu-Moslem settlement
Calls for the Direct Action Day, in Calcutta there are 20,000 casualties
Plans for the independence & partition of India are declared. Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India. 1st day of the existence of the Dominion of India
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