
Year wise bullet points on Indian freedom struggle:-
1885: Formation of Congress by A. O. Hume
1905: Partition of Bengal, launching of swadeshi movement
1906: Formation of Muslim League by Nawab Salimullah of Dacca
1907: Surat session of Congress, where congress got split into moderates and extremists
1909: Morley-Minto Reforms, in which separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims was introduced for the first time.
1911: Capital shifted from Calcutta to New Delhi (architectured by Lutyen)
1916: Lucknow session of Congress, where the famous Lucknow pact was signed between congress and muslim league. Formation of home rule league by Annie Besant.
1917: Champaran satyagraha (champaran is a place in Bihar) by Mahatma Gandhi. His first satyagraha in India.
1919: The draconian Rowlatt Act, Jalliyawallah massacre at Amritsar on the orders of General O’Dyer; Montague-Chemlsford reforms.
1920: Khilafat Movement against British by Shaukat and Muhammad Ali. Launching of non cooperation movement by Mahatama Gandhi.
1922: Chauri chaura, incident in UP and widhrawl of NCM by Gandhi, formation of Swaraj party by Motilal Nehru, C.R. Das and N. C. Kelkar.
1927: Simon Commission to India, which was protested by Lala Lajpat Rai. He died during a lathi charge during the protest.
1929: Passing of Purna Swaraj resolution at Lahore session of Congress under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
1930: Dandi March (Salt Satyagrah) by Mahatma Gandhi from Sabarmati ashram (a palce in Gujrat). First round table conference in London
1935: Government of India Act
1939: Out break of World War II, resignation of Congress ministries
1942: Quit India Movement, Wavell plan and Shimla conference. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad attended the confer-ence representing Congress
1945: Cabinet Mission Plan which envisaged forming of the interim government and to determine means of trans-ferring power.
1946: Formation of Constituent Assembly under Rajendra Prasad (Muslim league did not participate)
1947: Mountbatten Plan (June 3 plan) and partition of India