Key events during the years of 1914-1948 for the Indian search for Independence, based off of the Edexcel AS History course.
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India and World War One
The Lucknow Pact
1916
Formation of The Home Rule League
1916
The Montagu Declaration
1917
The Montagu-Chelmsford / Government of India Act
1919
Rowlatt Act
1919
Amritsar Massacre
1919
Hunter Committee
1919
Gandhi's Civil Disobedience Campaign
1920-22
The Simon Commission
1928
The Nehru Report
1928
Irwin Declaration
1929
Gandhi's Salt Satryagraha/March
1930
First Round Table Conference
1930
Gandhi-Irwin Pact 1931
Second Round Table Conference
1931
Third Round Table Conference
1932
The Communal Awards
1932
The Government of India Act
1935
Outbreak of the Second World War
The Lahore Declaration
1940
The August Offer
1940
Cripps Mission
1942
Gandhi's Quit India Campaign
1942
Simla Conference
1945
The Cabinet Mission
1946
Outcome of the Cabinet Mission
Direct Action Day 1946
The Boundary Commission
Independence for India and Pakistan
1947
