TIMELINE
1914 1918 The First World War
1913 1918 The war prices increased in double
19181919 & 19201921 Crop failure
1921 Famines and the epidemic
Mahatma Gandhi
1916 Mahatma Gandhi organized satyagraha movement in Champaran(Bihar)
1917 Mahatma Gandhi organized satyagraha movement in Kheda District (Gujarat)
1918 Mahatma Gandhi organized satyagraha Movement in Ahmedabad.
1919 Rowlatt Act was Passed (It gave the govt. enormous powerto represspolitical activities, and allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.
10th April,1919 The police in Amritsar fired upon a peaceful procession. Martial Law Was imposed.
13th April, 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place.
March, 1919 Khilafat Committee founded in Bombay.
Sep, 1920 Congress Session in Calcutta Decided to start a non cooperation Movement in support of Khilafat as well as for Swaraj.
December ,1920 Congress Session at Nagpur A compromise was worked out and the Non cooperation programme was adopted.
Different strands within the Movement
19211922 The Import of foreign cloth halved.
June,1920 Jawahar Lal Nehru going around the village in Awadh
October,1929 Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up headed by J.L. Nehru
1920 The peasant movement in Awadh spread, but the Congress Leader Were not happy with them.
1921 A militant Guerrilla movement spread in the Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh. Movement started by Alluri
Sitaram Raju.
1924 Raju was captured and executed.
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Towards Civil Disobedience
Feb,1922 Mahatma Gandhi decided to Withdraw NonCooperation Movement.Establishment of Swaraj Party by
Motilal Nehru and C.R.Dass
1928 Simon Commission arrived in India.
Oct, 1929 A vague offer of ‘Dominion Status ‘ for India offered by Lord Irwin.
Dec, 1929 Lahore Session of the Congress Demand for Purna Swaraj.
Jan26,1930 Celebrated as the