1700s - East India Company, defeating French and Dutch in Bengal
1765 - control of Bengal, EIC becomes an Indian Lord, with an army and government
The British parliament gained the power to control Company policies 1773 and 1784
1857 Rebellion / MUTINY, sepoys of the Company army
1858 India becomes part of the British Commonwealth, viceroy is head of the Indian state
1885 resentment against British rule,
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS: a platform for reform where all peoples of South Asia including the British are members
MOBILIZING SELF-GOVERNMENT
1906 All India Muslim League, joining forces with the National Congress
1909 reforms: Indian member in viceroy’s council & Indian provincial representatives
1915 WWI India also at war with Germany
GANDHI
•Swaraj : Complete freedom (1919)
•Satyagraha : Non-cooperation movement based on non-violence (ahimsa), 1920-22
•Civil Disobedience Movement Quit India Movement 1930
•Salt March & homespun cotton: economic self-sufficiency
•1931 Gandhi & British agreement
•1937 The India Act: a political compromise with institutions of self-government: a two chambered legislative body but cabinet under British control
THE MUSLIM LEAGUE
•Jinnah, a Congress leader
•1934 Jinnah leads the Muslim League, declaring that the Indian National Congress does not represent Muslims
•The idea of Pakistan : land of the pure in Urdu
WORLD WAR II
•India again at war against Germany, promised independence after the war
•1946 negotiations as Britain agrees to independence if Indians find a solution
•1947 partition of Pakistan and India
•1971 BANGLADESH
