CHRONOLOGY Struggle for Freedom by RK Majumdar 1711 Zinat u'n-Nisa builds the Zinatu'l Mosque in Delhi (p. 1034) 1723 Katra Masjid built at Murshidabad (p. 1037). 1751 Qudsiya Begam builds the Sunhari Mosque (p. 1034). 1753 Shuja-ud-Daula builds the tomb of Safdar Jang at Delhi (p. 1034). 1764 Golden Temple of Amritsar built (p. 1038). 1784 Asaf-ud-Daula builds the great Imambara at Lakhnau (Lucknow) (p. 1036). 1787 St. John's Church built at Calcutta (p. 1043). 1802 The Government House at Calcutta built (p. 1043). 1855 Beginning of the jute industry in India (p. 815). 1869 Suez Canal opened (p. 861). 1869 October 2 Birth of M. K. Gandhi (pp. 224, 938). 1873 Birth of Sir Muhammad Iqbal (p. 973). 1882 Education Commission appointed (p. 895). 1887 Birth of K. M. Munshi (p. 936). 1887 Indian National Social Conference founded (p. 992). 1891 Proposal to transfer Lushai Hills and Chittagong Divisions from Bengal to Assam (p. 17). 1892 Birth of Gaurishankar Joshi ‘Dhumaketu' (p. 936). 1893 Mrs. Besant arrives in India (p. 249). 1893 August The Central National Muslims' Association submits a memorial for the due representation of Muslims in the Viceroy's Legislative Council (p. 148). 1896 Sir William Ward proposes the transfer of Chittagong Division and the Districts of Dacca and Mymensingh to Assam (p. 17). 1897 Shyamji Krishtavarma settles in London (p. 295). 1898 Prarthana Samiij of Bombay starts a Depressed Class Mission (p. 1001). 1902 Madam Bhikhaji Rustom K. R. Cama leaves India and settles in Paris (p. 206). 1902 Swami Sraddhanand starts the Gurukul Kangri at Hardwar (p. 885). 1904 Act passed empowering the Universities to appoint professors and lecturers (pp: 880; 889). 1905 February 18 Shyamji Krishnavarma founds the 'India Home Rule Society' in London (p. 205). 1905 May The Standard of London publishes the news that the Secretary 6f State had agreed to the proposal of partition 1905 July 4 Anti-partition memorial signed by 50,000 persons (p. 20). 1905 July 16 Adoption of a resolution to boycott British goods at a meeting in Bagerhat (p. 27). 1905 July 20 Publication of Government Resolution on Partition of Bengal. 1905 August 7 Adoption of Resolution on Boycott and Swadeshi at a meeting in Town Hall, Calcutta (p. 28), 1905 October 16 Partition of Bengal comes into force (p. 31). 1906 Foundation stone of the Victoria Memorial Hall (Calcutta) laid (p. 1045). 1906 October The Arundel Committee submits its report on political reforms to Lord Minto (p. 126). 1906 October 1 Lord Minto receives the Muslim deputation headed by Aga Khan (pp. 127-28, 147). 1906 December 31 Muslim League formed at Dacca (p. 150). 1907 March 4 March Hindu Muslim riot at Comilla (p. 55). 1907 April 11-23 Arabinda writes seven articles on Passive Resistance (p. 74). 1907 May 9 Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajit Singh deported (p. 118) 1907 May 11 Ordinance restricting the right of holding public meeting passed (p. 107). 1907 August 28 The Council of India Act passed (p. 132). 1907 December Indian Decentralization Committee appointed (p. 793). 1908 April 30 Khudiram Bose executed (p. 199). 1908 May 2 Muraripukur Garden house (Calcutta) searched (p. 199). 1908 June 8 Newspapers (Incitement to Offences) Act passed. 1908 June 8 Explosives Substances Act passed (p. 109). 1908 June 29 Tilak's trial begins at Bombay (p. 116). 1908 July 22 Tilak sentenced to six years' transportation (p. 116). 1908 October 1 Government of India's despatch for Reform proposals sent to the Secretary of State (p. 130). 1908 December Aswini Kumar Datta and eight others deported (p. 119). 1908 December 11 Criminal Law (Amendment) Act passed (p. 109). 1909 Hindu Conference held at Lahore under the presidentship of Sir Prafulchandra Chatterji (p. 987). 1909 Depressed Class Mission Society of Madras started (p. 1001). 1909 February 23 Morley introduces the Indian Reforms Bill in the House of Lords (p. 132). 1909 May 21 Indian Councils Act passed (p. 134) 1909 July 1 Madan Lal Dhingra shoots dead Curzon Wyllie in London (pp. 206, 230) 1910 Hindu-Muslim Riot at Peshawar (p. 159) 1910 Department .of Education under a separate member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council established (p. 880) 1910 Arabinda retires to Pondicherry (p. 976). 1910 January 25 Minto inaugurates the Imperial Legislative Council (p. 125) 1910 A Press Act passed (p. 1024) 1910 February 9 Nine State prisoners released (p. 119) 1910 May 6 Death .of Edward VII and accession of George VI (p. 168) 1910 June 22 Coronation .of George V (p. 168) 1910 August Seditious Meetings Act renewed (p. 108) 1911 High Court Act passed (p. 796) 1911 Tata Iran and Steel Company starts production (p. 854) 1911 Factory Act improves the condition of women and children working in a factory (p. 1014) 1911 The weekly Comrade started in Calcutta (p. 1020) 1911 Ramananda Chatterji starts the Modern Review (p. 1021) 1911 July Indian Institute .of Science, Bangalore, starts functioning (p. 886) 1911 December 12 Coronation Durbar at Delhi (pp. 41, 168-69). 1911 December 23 Bomb thrown at Lard Hardinge (p. 5) 1912 Province .of Delhi created by a proclamation. 1912 Islington Commission appointed to consider the organization of the Civil Service in India (p. 795) 1912 March 25 An Act passed by the Government .of India to effect administrative changes (p. 167) 1912 June 1 Abul Kalam Azad publishes the Al Hilal (Urdu) (p. 1023) 1912 November 14 Legislative Assembly for Assam created (p. 167) 1912 December 23 Bomb hurled at Lord Hardinge as he was making his State entry into Delhi (p. 169) 1913 Indian Criminal Law Amendment Act passed (p. 189) 1913 Government .of India passes a resolution an educational policy (p. 880) 1913 Death of Ravi Varman (p. 964) 1913 Pherazeshah Mehta starts the Bombay Chronicle (p. 1020) 1913 Ganesh Sankar Vidyarthi publishes the Pratap (p. 1021) 1913 Associated Press .of India amalgamated with Reuters (p. 1031) 1913 March 14 A judgment of the South African Supreme Court made all unregistered marriages illegal and Gandhi began his satyagraha. (p. 295) 1913 March 22 New Constitution adopted by the Muslim League at its annual session at Lakhnau (p. 239) 1913 November 1 Ghadar organization finally constituted at San Francisco (p. 208) 1913 November 19 Legislative Assembly for Central Provinces created (p. 167). 1914 Forest Research Institute and College .opened at Dehra Dun (p. 886) 1914 Government Commercial Institute, Calcutta, and Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Bombay, founded (p. 892) 1914 Snehalata burns herself to death in protest against the dowry system (p. 997) 1914 June 16 Tilak released (p. 244) 1914 June 30 Gandhi and Smuts arrive at an agreement (p. 296) 1914 July 14 Mrs. Besant publishes the New India (p. 2501) 1914 August 4 Outbreak of the first World War (pp. 5, 170) 1914 September 3 Deutscher Verein der Freunde Indian (The German Union of Friendly India) farmed (p. 213) 1914 September 29 Kamagata Maru arrives at Budge-Budge (p. 227) 1914 November 5 England declares war against Turkey (p. 179) 1915 Indian Independence Committee farmed in Germany (p. 214) 1915 Patna High Court established (p. 796) 1915 January Gandhi arrives in India (p. 299) 1915 January Krupp ships 8000 rifles and 4,000,000 cart ridge to San Diego intended far India. (p. 216). 1915 February Muslim students from Lahore, Peshawar and Kahat join the Mujahidins and go to Kabul (p. 222) 1915 February 15 Mutiny of the Fifth Light Infantry in Singapore (p. 218) 1915 February 19 Death of Gokhale (p. 245) 1915 June Rash-behari Base flees to Japan (p. 683). 1915 September 25 Mrs Besant announces the formation of the Home Rule League (p. 249) 1915 September 29 General Nixon occupies Kut-el Amara (p. 178). 1915 October 2 Indo-German Diplomatic Mission led by Raja Mahendra Pratap reaches Kabul (p. 221,) 1915 November Death of Pherozshah Mehta (p. 246) 1915 December 1 A Provisional Government of India established in Kabul (p. 221). 1915 December 3 General Townshend reaches Kut (p. 179) 1916 Internment of Muhammad 'Ali and Shaukat 'Ali (p. 6) 1916 Ghadar Movement (pp. 6, 206). 1916 Sadler Commission appointed (pp. 8, 881) 1916 Indian Institute of Philosophy established at Amalner (p. 287) 1916 Benares Hindu University established (p. 882) 1916 D. K. Karve founds the S.N.D.T. Women's University in Bombay (p. 884) 1916 Industrial Commission appointed (p. 857) 1916 February The War Office in Britain took charge of the Kut expedition (p. 179). 1916 February Berlin Committee sends Chandra K. Chakravarty to organize work in the U. S. A. (p. 216) 1916 April 28 Tilak establishes the Indian Home Rule League (p. 251). 1916 June 20 Women's University opened at Poona (pp. 8; 996) 1916 September Nineteen Indian members of the Legislative Council submit a joint memorandum for re forms (p. 243) 1916 September Home Rule League formally inaugurated by Mrs. Besant (p. 250) 1917 April 18 Gandhi tried for Champaran satyiigraha (p. 300) 1917 June 15 Mrs. Besant interned by the Madras Government (p. 254). 1917 June 24 Sir Subramaniya Aiyar writes to President Wilson (p. 258) 1917 July 6 Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona, inaugurated to commemorate the 80th birthday of Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandakar (p. 887). 1917 July Sir Austen Chamberlain resigns and is succeeded by Montagu as Secretary of State for India (p. 264). 1917 August 20 Montagu announces granting of responsible government (pp. 255, 1003) 1917 November 30 Sir J.C. Bose founds the Bose Research Institute (p. 886) 1917 September 30 Hindu-Muslim riot at Shahabad (Bihar), (p.