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Freedom Struggle Timeline (1885–1947)
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Indian National Congress founded (A.O. Hume) | 1885 |
| Partition of Bengal | 1905 |
| Swadeshi Movement | 1905–1908 |
| Muslim League founded | 1906 |
| Morley-Minto Reforms (separate electorates) | 1909 |
| Annulment of Bengal Partition | 1911 |
| Capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi | 1911 |
| Ghadar Party founded | 1913 |
| Champaran Satyagraha (Gandhi's first in India) | 1917 |
| Rowlatt Act | 1919 |
| Jallianwala Bagh Massacre | 13 April 1919 |
| Khilafat Movement begins | 1919 |
| Non-Cooperation Movement launched | 1920 |
| Chauri Chaura incident (movement withdrawn) | February 1922 |
| Kakori Conspiracy | 1925 |
| Simon Commission arrives (boycotted) | 1928 |
| Purna Swaraj declared (Lahore session, Congress) | December 1929 |
| Civil Disobedience Movement / Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha) | 1930 |
| First Round Table Conference | 1930 |
| Gandhi-Irwin Pact | 1931 |
| Second Round Table Conference | 1931 |
| Poona Pact (Gandhi–Ambedkar) | 1932 |
| Government of India Act | 1935 |
| Provincial elections, Congress ministries formed | 1937 |
| Subhas Chandra Bose founds Forward Bloc | 1939 |
| Individual Satyagraha | 1940 |
| August Offer | 1940 |
| Cripps Mission | 1942 |
| Quit India Movement launched | 8 August 1942 |
| Subhas Chandra Bose forms Azad Hind Government | October 1943 |
| Bengal Famine | 1943 |
| INA (Red Fort) Trials | November 1945 onward |
| Royal Indian Navy (RIN) Mutiny | February 1946 |
| Cabinet Mission Plan | 1946 |
| Direct Action Day (Calcutta killings) | 16 August 1946 |
| Mountbatten Plan | June 1947 |
| Indian Independence Act | 18 July 1947 |
| India and Pakistan gain independence | 15 August 1947 |
Timeline of Key Constitutional and Administrative Milestones
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Regulating Act (first British parliamentary intervention in Company rule) | 1773 |
| Pitt's India Act (dual control system) | 1784 |
| Charter Act (Company loses trade monopoly with India) | 1813 |
| Charter Act (Company loses China trade monopoly; Governor-General of India title created) | 1833 |
| Government of India Act (Crown assumes direct control after 1857 revolt) | 1858 |
| Indian Councils Act | 1861 |
| Indian Councils Act (Morley-Minto Reforms) | 1909 |
| Government of India Act (Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, dyarchy in provinces) | 1919 |
| Government of India Act (provincial autonomy, federal structure proposed) | 1935 |
| Indian Independence Act | 1947 |
| Constitution of India adopted / enforced | 1949 / 1950 |
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