Political Events of the Nationalist Period 1879–1947
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POLITICAL EVENTS OF THE NATIONALIST PERIOD 1879–1947 Gandhian activity 1919 – Aerial bombing 3rd Afghan War Major riot with political consequences Kabul Secret revolutionary group, with approximate date of founding Jalalabad Mansehra Tahsil 1920 – Khilafat Hijrah Peshawar (migration) to Afghanistan Srinagar Chief sites of Royal Indian Navy mutiny, 1946 Kohat 1931 1924 Lahore Jammu Areas and Key Sites of Widespread Disturbances and Independence Campaigns 1931 1927 Amritsar 1928-Conspiracy Case; 1919 W.&C. Jallianwala Bagh massacre Areas Sites Bhagat Singh executed, 1931 Punjab Punjab 1946 – 1947 1915 Ghadr Movement Border Ferozepore 1922 Multan Dehra Dun 1919 Hartal and Punjab Disturbances 1906 Katarpur Chauri Chaura 1918 1922 - Mob Violence, halted Nabha Meerut 1929-1933-Communist conspiracy trial Gandhi’s non-cooperation campaign 1920-22 Non-cooperation Program 1924-1926 Akali (Sikh) 1924 Delhi 1947 Rae Bareli DT. Demonstrations 1911 - Coronation Durbar 1930-1932-Center of 1930-31 Civil Disobedience Campaign independence campaigns Gurgaon Dt. 1912 - Capital moved from Calcutta No Rent campaign Bharatpur 1945-1946 - Red Fort Court martials of INA Officers Champaran DT. and Alwar 1917-Indigo tenants 1942 Quit India Campaign } Agra Aligarh campaign 1920— Jamia Millia Islamia, first nationalist university founded 1931,1947 1925— Shifted to Delhi Cawnpore Muzzaffarpur 1946 1947, Areas of widespread communal riots Lucknow 1908-‘‘Alipore’’ bomb case Hyderabad 1931 1923-1926 - Muslim movement for Karachi 1919—1st Khilafat Conference 1905-1908 Movements drawing separate Sind (then a part of Bombay) Central Khilafat Committee C. Bihar Moirang established in Bombay Allahabad 1946 1943-Indian National Army political/social movements support from wide areas are 190 1905 5- Movement 1930—Nehru home becomes Pa Dacca hoists flag on Indian soil Ahmedabad Kaira DT. rti Chandpur shown, with panel placed at Congress headquarters tio 1918 - W. Bihar n 1930,1941 1915 - Satyagraha Ashram established No Tax campaign o Comilla 1907 headquarters 1893-1894, 1917 f 1947 1918 - Sabarmati Ashram established Swadeshi 1902, B British India and Ceylon e n Chittagong Dt. 1918 - Labor satyagraha 1906,1907 g Viramgam Calcutta a l Midnapore Chittagong Mandalay Princely states Baroda 1914 1908-1914 - Tilak 1901 imprisoned Nagpur N. B. Only events of which the geographical locations are significant have been mapped. Surat Kandesh 1923 - Flag Satyagraha Noakhali and Tippera dts. (Boundaries are shown as of July 1947) Wardha 1925 - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh 1903 - 1935 - Utkal movement 1946 Ahmedabad to Dandi (RSS) founded by Hedgewar Malegaon for separate Orissa 1946-1947 - Tour to 1930 Salt march Dandi 1936 - Sevagram Ashram Map not to scale Bardoli Taluka Nasik established restore harmony 1922, 1928 - Non-cooperation 1899, 1906 Burma Campaigns Bombay 1893, 1929, 1932 Raigad1896 - Tilak founded Shivaji festival, spreads Koraput 1897, 1908 - Trials of B.G. across Maharashtra Dt Tilak, mass demonstrations Satara Sholapur 1946- Rebellion of Royal DT. Gulbarga 1924 Vizagapatam Indian Navy Poona 1895, 1904 1879 - Phadke rebellion 1893 - Tilak founded Ganapati festival, West Godavari spreads across Maharshtra and Guntur 1897 - Rand assassination Dharwar DT. 1905 - Servants of India Society founded by Gokhale Belgaum 1916 - Home Rule League founded by Tilak from 1913-Movement for separate Andhra 1909-1919- Barindra Ghose and Andaman Islands 1910-1920- Savarkar imprisoned Bangalore Madras in Andaman penal settlement 1931-Widespread 1916 - Home Rule League founded by Annie Besant (Released from prison in liquor shop picketing India in 1924) Port Blair 1921-1922 in South Pondicherry Moplah rebellion: 1908 Coimbatore Khilafat kingdoms in E DT. Walluvanad (W) and W Ernad (E) Talukas Madura L a Vaikam k s h 1924-1925-Satyagraha for a d Untouchable’s right to road w e e p I s l a n d s Mooloya Estate 1940 - Police shooting; ministers 1915 - Muslim-Buddhist riots; resign over handling martial law, arrest of prominent Buddhists in five provinces 1934-1935-‘‘Suriya Mal’’ movement spreads to countryside.