List of Important Indian Freedom Movements Download Free PDF

Name oftheMovement	Date/Year	Details
Gandhian Phase
KhilafatMovement	Oct 17,1919	The defeat of Turkey in the 1st World War triggered the Khilafat Movement. Indian muslims felt the harsh terms of Treaty of Sevres (1920) as a great insult to them.This communal movement was launched to defend the Turkish Khalifa and to save his empire from dismemberment by Britain & other European powers. Ali brothers, Muhammad Ali, Shaukat Ali, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Dr. M. Ansari, among others, started the movement. Hindus united with muslims in fasting and observed a hartal on Oct 17, 1919 which was also known as Khilafat Movement. Later, this movement merged with the Non cooperation movement. Gandhi signed the Gandhi-Irwin Pact with the Viceroy Lord Irwin to call off the Movement and it came to an end on Apr 7, 1934.
NoncooperationMovement	Aug 1,1920	This movement involved surrender of all titles, honorary offices and nominated posts in local bodies.It also involved the boycott of British courts, offices and all kinds of government-run educational institutions.
ChauriChauraIncident	1922	Some policemen provoked a crowd during the non-cooperation movement and the crowd attacked them; the police opened fire.In retaliation the procession killed 22 policemen and set the police station on fire. Mahatma Gandhi was stunned and decided to withdraw the non-cooperation movement.
CivilDisobedienceMovement	1930	Launched in 1930 under Gandhi’s leadership; Dandi Salt March violated the Salt Law.British government got angry and imprisoned Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi.
TheIndividualSatyagraha	Aug1940	Mahatma Gandhi launched Individual Satyagraha which was limited, symbolic and non-violent in nature and continued for nearly 15 months.Acharya Vinoba Bhave and Jawaharlal Nehru were the first and second satyagrahi and were imprisoned for 3 to 4 months respectively.
Quit IndiaMovement	Aug08,1942	Also known as the August Movement, it was a result of Gandhi’s protest against the return of Sir Stafford Cripps. Gandhi tried to negotiate with the British government for India’s independence through this movement.Do or Die (karo ya maro) was the key slogan in this movement. Congress leaders Abul Kalam Azad, Vallabhbhai Patel, Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru were arrested on Aug 09.First Phase: There were processions, strikes and demonstrations.Second Phase: There were raids on the government building and muncipal houses and post offices, railway stations and police stations were torched.Third Phase: The third phase started in Sep 1942 when mobs attacked police with bombs at Bombay, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.Fourth Phase: Slowly the movement returned to its peaceful form and continued until Mahatma Gandhi was released on May 1944.
Other Important Events of India Freedom Struggle
The HomeRuleMovement	1916	Bal Gangadhar Tilak got released after 6 years of jail and along with Annie Besant he launched the Home Rule Movement to attain concessions, disillusionment with Morley Minto Reforms and Wartime miseries.
Rowlatt Act	Mar1919	This act empowered arresting of any person on the basis of suspicion against which no appeal or petition could be filed.Also known as Black Act, it was widely opposed by Indian citizens.
JallianwalaBaghMassacre	Apr13,1919	A public meeting was organized at this Jallianwala Bagh to support the Rowlatt Satyagraha.General Dyer had the firing started on the crowd without any warning killing 379 people and wounding 1,137 people.
The SwarajParty	Jan1923	The suspension of the Non CooperationMovement led to a split within Congress in the Gaya session in December 1922.On Jan 1, 1923 Motilal Nehru and Chittranjan Das formed a separate group within the Congress known as the Swaraj Party to contest the council elections
SimonCommission	Nov1927	British Conservative government appointed Simon Commission under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon ro report on the working of the Indian constitution established by the Government of India Act of 1919.The commission faced criticism as all the seven members were Englishmen with no inclusion of Indians.A large anti-Simon commission demonstration took place and was followed by a lathi-charge in which Lala Lajpat Rai was seriously injured.
Poona Pact	1932	It was an agreement upon a joint electorate between the untouchables and the Hindus which took place at Yerawada jail in Pune on Sep 24, 1932.
CrippsMission	1942	To secure Indian cooperation, British government sent Sir Stafford Cripps to India on Mar 23 1942. This was also known as Cripps Mission.Indian political parties rejected the Cripps proposals and Gandhi termed them as a post dated cheque.
The CabinetMission	1946	Pathick Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A V Alexander were sent to India on Mar 15, 1946. There was a historic announcement in which the right to self-determination and the framing of a Constitution for India were conceded.

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