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1916 in India

Explore 12 historical events and records for India in 1916.

Historical records for India in 1916

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All India Home Rule League

Tilak, Bal Gangadhar ยท Politics / All India Home Rule League

Tilak helps found the All India Home Rule League in 1916-18 with Annie Besant and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The League creates considerable excitement at the time, and attracts many members of the Indian National Congressand the All India Muslim League, who had been allied since the 1916 Lucknow Pact

All India Home Rule League

Tilak, Bal Gangadhar ยท Religion / Islam

The League creates considerable excitement at the time, and attracts many members of the Indian National Congressand the All India Muslim League, who had been allied since the 1916 Lucknow Pact

Birth of Giani Zail Singh

Singh, Giani Zail ยท Politics / Congress Party

Birth of Giani Zail Singh

Congress Party

Tilak, Bal Gangadhar ยท Politics / Congress Party

Tilak re-unites with his fellow nationalists and re-joins the Indian National Congress

Home Rule

Tilak, Bal Gangadhar ยท Politics / All India Home Rule League

Tilak re-unites with his fellow nationalists and re-joins the Indian National Congress. Tilak helps found the All India Home Rule League in 1916-18 with Annie Besant and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The League creates considerable excitement at the time, and attracts many members of the Indian National Congressand the All India Muslim League, who had been allied since the 1916 Lucknow Pact

Home Rule

Tilak, Bal Gangadhar ยท Lucknow ยท Politics / All India Home Rule League

Concludes a pact with Muslim leaders

Home Rule

Tilak, Bal Gangadhar ยท Religion / Islam

The League creates considerable excitement at the time, and attracts many members of the Indian National Congressand the All India Muslim League, who had been allied since the 1916 Lucknow Pact

Independence of India

Tilak, Bal Gangadhar ยท Lucknow ยท Politics / All India Home Rule League

Concludes a pact with Muslim leaders

Independence of India

Tilak, Bal Gangadhar ยท Lucknow ยท Religion / Islam

Concludes a pact with Muslim leaders

Indian National Congress

Tilak, Bal Gangadhar ยท Politics / All India Home Rule League

Tilak re-unites with his fellow nationalists and re-joins the Indian National Congress

Pact between Indian National Congress and Muslim League

Tilak, Bal Gangadhar ยท Lucknow ยท Politics / All India Home Rule League

Concludes a pact with Muslim leaders

Pact between Indian National Congress and Muslim League

Tilak, Bal Gangadhar ยท Lucknow ยท Religion / Islam

Concludes a pact with Muslim leaders

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