Arrest of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Gandhi is arrested then tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years imprisonment
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1922 in India
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Historical records for India in 1922
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Arrest of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
While Gandhi is in prison the Indian National Congress spinters into 2 factions, one led by Chitta Ranjan Das and Motilal Nehru favouring participation in the legislatures, the other led by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Imprisoned after the Chauri Chaura incident. Begins his sentence, serves about two years of the sentence, being released in February 1924 after an operation for appendicitis
Indian National Congress
While Gandhi is in prison the Indian National Congress spinters into 2 factions, one led by Chitta Ranjan Das and Motilal Nehru favouring participation in the legislatures, the other led by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Indian National Congress
While Gandhi is in prison the Indian National Congress spinters into 2 factions, one led by Chitta Ranjan Das and Motilal Nehru favouring participation in the legislatures, the other led by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Indian National Congress
While Gandhi is in prison the Indian National Congress spinters into 2 factions, one led by Chitta Ranjan Das and Motilal Nehru favouring participation in the legislatures, the other led by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Indian National Congress
While Gandhi is in prison the Indian National Congress spinters into 2 factions, one led by Chitta Ranjan Das and Motilal Nehru favouring participation in the legislatures, the other led by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Indian National Congress
While Gandhi is in prison the Indian National Congress spinters into 2 factions, one led by Chitta Ranjan Das and Motilal Nehru favouring participation in the legislatures, the other led by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Arrest of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
A British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison
Trial
A British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison
Other events (month unknown)
Chauri Chaura
Suspends the Non-Cooperation Movement after the Chauri Chaura incident, fearing that the movement was about to take a turn towards violence, and convinced that this would be the undoing of all his work
Molecular Diffraction
C. V. Raman develops his molecular diffraction approach to explain how light is scattered by liquids.
President of India
Appointed President of the Indian National Congress
Swaraj Party
Helps found the Swaraj Party, Independence Party
Urea Stibamine
Upendranath Brahmachari develops urea stibamine, a treatment that greatly improves therapy for visceral leishmaniasis, or kala-azar.
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