Revealing Facts about India’s Freedom Struggle: Notable Personalities & Interesting Timelines

This book presents a comprehensive view of all the main groups and individuals associated with the Indian Freedom Movement right since the late nineteenth century: Political Parties, Revolutionary Groups, INA, Revolutionaries, Gandhians, and Non-Gandhians. Particular of the prominent Muslim leaders, Britishers, and Governor Generals are also included. ‘Relevant International Timelines’ includes prominent international timelines relevant from the Indian angle. The mega chapter ‘Interesting Indian Timelines’ chronologically covers all timelines, events, and developments relevant to the Freedom Movement right since 1600 CE. The last chapter ‘What Really Led to Freedom & Partition’ summarises the REAL reasons behind the Freedom, Partition, and Pakistan.. Table of Contents:- 1. Notable Personalities DoB, DoD of Notable Personalities Political Parties & Groups Indian National Congress (INC) All India Muslim League (AIML) Hindu Mahasabha Swaraj Party The Unionist Party Revolutionary Groups Abhinav Bharat Society Anushilan Samiti Ghadar Party Hindustan Republican Association (HRA/HSRA) India House Revolutionaries Anant Laxman Kanhere Batukeshwar Dutt Bhagat Singh Bhagawati Charan Vohra Bhai Parmanand Bhikaiji Rustom Cama Birsa Munda Chapekar Brothers Jatin Das Jatindranath Mukherjee aka Bagha Jatin Khudiram Bose Lala Har Dayal Madan Lal Dhingra Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje Pulin Behari Das Ram Prasad Bismil Sachindra Nath Sanyal Shivram Rajguru Shyamji Krishna Varma Sri Aurobindo Sukhdev Thapar Surya Sen Taraknath Das Udham Singh Gandhi-Nehru’s Condemnable Condemnation: Vasudev Balwant Phadke Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Others Personalities that Inspired Revolutionaries Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Giuseppe Mazzini Swami Dayanand Saraswati Swami Vivekananda Bose(s) & INA Rash Behari Bose Subhas Chandra Bose Indian National Army (INA) Associated with Gandhi Azad, Maulana Abul Kalam Bordoloi, Gopinath Gandhi , Mohandas Karamchand Nehru, Jawaharlal Patel, Vallabhbhai Rajagopalachari, Chakravarti Dr Rajendra Prasad Non-Gandhians, Others Baba Ram Chandra Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Bal Gangadhar Tilak Bipin Chandra Pal Chittaranjan Das Dadabhai Naoroji Garhwali, Veer Chander Singh Gopal Krishna Gokhale Lala Lajpat Rai Motilal Nehru Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swami Shraddhanand Vithalbhai Patel VP Menon Prominent Muslim Leaders Aga Khan Ali Brothers Fazli Husain Jinnah, Muhammad Ali Iqbal, Sir Muhammad Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan Sir Syed Ahmad Khan Zafrullah Khan Prominent Britishers Robert Clive Allan Octavian Hume Clement Richard Attlee Winston Churchill Prominent Governor-Generals Warren Hastings Charles Cornwallis Richard Wellesley Lord Minto I Rawdon-Hastings (Earl of Moira) William Bentinck Lord Dalhousie Charles Canning Charles Lytton Lord Ripon Lord Curzon Lord Minto II Lord Hardinge II Lord Chelmsford Lord Reading Lord Irwin Lord Willingdon Lord Linlithgow Lord Wavell Louis Mountbatten 2. Relevant International Timelines Timelines of Prominent International Events 1915–17: Armenian Genocide by the Ottomans 7 November 1917 : “October” Revolution 18 July 1925 29 October 1929 1932-33 : Soviet Famine WW-I Chronology & India’s Role 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918 18 January 1919 to 21 July 1919 WW-I & India’s Massive Contribution WW-II Chronology & India’s Role India’s Role in WW-II WW-II as a Military Training Opportunity for Indians WW-II Chronology 3. Interesting Indian Timelines A Few Significant Pre-1880 Timelines 1615–1757 31 December 1600, 1615: EIC 1751 : Robert Clive seizes Arcot 23 June 1757 : Battle of Plassey Heralds Company Rule 1769–70 : Great Bengal Famine 1772–1880 1772 1773 Sanyasi Revolt, 1773 1783–84 : Chalisa Famine 1791-92 : Famine in Madras Presidency 1799 1817-18 1828 1835 1837-38 : Agra Famine 1853 Santhal Rebellion, 1855 1857-58: First War of Independence Heralds British Raj 1859-60 : Indigo Revolt 1860-61 : Agra Famine 1865-67: Odisha Famine 1868-70: Rajputana Famine 1874-75: Deccan Riots 1876: Queen Victoria 1876-78: The Great Famine Interesting Timelines : 1880–1910 1880–1897 1882 (1875): Vande Mataram 1883 : Revolutionary Phadke martyred 1883: Separate Muslim Electorates—Aga Khan 28 December 1885 : Foundation of INC 1886: Muhammadan Educational Conference 1896-97 Famine 1899-1900 Famine Act of 1892 22 June 1897 : Chapekar Brothers’ Revenge 1897 : Tilak Sentenced 1899-1900: Birsa Munda’s Tribal Revolt/Ulgulan 1900–1910 24 March 1902: Anushilan Samiti 18 February 1905 : Shyamji’s IHRS 1 July 1905 : Shyamji’s India House 16 October 1905: Bengal Partition 1905 onwards : Swadeshi Movement December 1906: AIML 1907: Shyamji Shifts to Paris 1907: Radicals vs. Moderates in the Congress 30 April 1908 : Khudiram Bose & Chaki throw Bombs 11 August 1908 : Khudiram Bose Hanged 1908 : Tilak Jailed 1909: The Indian Councils Act (Morley-Minto Reforms) 1909 : Savarkar’s Book 1 July 1909 : Madan Lal Dhingra’s Revolutionary Act 1909: Nasik Conspiracy Case 1910 : Savarkar’s Kalapani Interesting Timelines : 1911–1920 1911–1915 12 December 1911: Bengal Partition Annulled 12 December 1911: Decision to Shift Capital to Delhi 15 December 1911: New Delhi Foundation Stone Edwin Lutyens’ Contempt for Indians 27 December 1911: ‘Jana Gana Mana’ 1913: Tagore gets Nobel 9 January 1915: Gandhi’s Return to India 1915: The Grand Ghadar Mutiny 1916 : The Lucknow Pact 1915–18 : All India Home Rule League 10 April 1917 : Champaran & Gandhi 1917–18: Sardar Patel’s Successful Agitations 1917: Start of Sardar Patel’s Association with Gandhi 1917 : Sardar Patel’s Fight Against Veth & Plague 1918 : Sardar Patel’s Kheda Agitation 1918 : Mainpuri Conspiracy 1918–19: Mont-Ford Reforms & the GoI Act 1919: Rowlatt Acts & Satyagraha 1919 : Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Interesting Timelines : 1920–1922 1920 Kisan Movement in UP in 1920s 1920 : Chamber of Princes 1920–22: Khilafat & Non-Cooperation Movement (KNCM) 1922: Swaraj Party 1924: Atatürk Abolishes Caliphate Failure of Gandhi’s KNCM Aug-Sep 1921 : Moplah Anti-Hindu Attacks Interesting Timelines : 1923–1927 1923: Jabalpur & Nagpur Satyagraha Jabalpur National Flag Hoisting Nagpur Satyagraha Sardar Patel’s Winning Role 1923: Patel’s Successful Borsad Satyagraha 9-11 September 1924 : Kohat Anti-Hindu Attacks 9 August 1925 : Kakori Train Robbery 17–19 December 1927 : Ram Prasad Bismil  and Others Hanged Interesting Timelines : 1929–1933 1928: Patel’s Successful Bardoli Satyagraha 3 February 1928 : Simon Commission 17 November 1928 : Lala Lajpat Rai Martyred 1928: Motilal Nehru Report 1929–30: Nehru’s Unjust Anointment as Congress President 1930: CV Raman gets Nobel 18 April 1930 : Surya Sen & Chittagong Armoury Raid 1928–31 : Lahore Conspiracy Case, etc. 17 December 1928: Saunders’ killing 8 April 1929: Assembly Bombing 1929: Further Arrests Jun-Oct 1929 : Memorable Hunger Strike by Revolutionaries Jatin's Famous Fast & Martyrdom Gandhi’s Convoluted Reaction February 1931 : Azad Met Nehru 27 February 1931 : Chandrashekhar Azad Martyred 23 March 1931 : Bhagat Singh & Others Martyred No Effort by Gandhi or Congress to Save Bhagat Singh & Co. Gandhi’s Comments on Bhagat Singh 1930: Congress Call for “Purna Swaraj” 1930: Dandi March & Salt Satyagraha 21 May 1930: Dharasana Salt Works 1930: Qissa Khwani Bazaar Massacre & Garhwali Gandhi’s Shameful Stand 1930–31: First Round Table Conference (RTC-1) 10 February 1931: The New Capital New Delhi Inaugurated 1931: Gandhi-Irwin Pact March 1931 : Karachi Congress; Sardar Patel as President Sep–Dec 1931: Second Round Table Conference (RTC-2) 1932: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), Phase-II Aug–Sep 1932: The Communal Award &Gandhi–Ambedkar Poona Pact 1932: Third Round Table Conference (RTC-3) November 1932: Name ‘Pakistan’ Interesting Timelines : 1934–1938 Government of India (GoI) Act 1935 1934-37: Elections Rebuff to Jinnah by Nehru that proved costly. Interesting Timelines : 1939–1942 Jan-1939: Gandhi vs. Subhas: Presidential Election October 1939 : Anti-Hindu Riots in Sindh 1940 : Udham Singh Avenges Jallianwala Congress, Britain & WW-II 3 September 1939: Declaration of WW-II Oct-1939: Congress Conditions Nov-1939: Resignation of Congress Ministries March 1940 : League’s Lahore Resolution 1940–46: Congress Descent & League Ascendency July 1940–1941 July 1940 : Rajaji’s Proposal October 1940: Selective Individual Disobedience May 1941 August-September 1941 23 December 1941: Congress Reviews its Stand 1940-42: Netaji Subhas Escapes March-April 1942 : Cripps Mission Apr-1942: CR’s Formula on Pakistan August-1942: Quit India Movement Interesting Timelines : 1944 May 1944 Onwards: Gandhi’s Major Come-Down Moves Sep 1944: Gandhi’s Parleys with Jinnah Side-lining of Gandhi 1943–44: British Gift—The Great Bengal Famine Interesting Timelines : 1945–1946 15 June 1945: Release of Nehru, Patel, etc. 25 June 1945 : Shimla Conference Bose, INA Trials & Mutiny 18 August 1945: False Claim of Netaji’s Death November 1945—May 1946 : INA Red-Fort Trials February 1946 : Mutiny in the Indian Army End 1945—1946 : Elections Election Results 1945–46: Azad’s Blunders in Sind, Punjab and Bengal 26 April 1946 : Nehru Usurps Congress Presidentship March—June 1946 : Cabinet Mission Plan 1946: Muslim League’s Direct Action (Riots) 2 September 1946 : Interim Government Oct–1946: Noakhali Anti-Hindu Killings Dec–1946 : Constituent Assembly Interesting Timelines : 1947 Feb–1947: Attlee’s “Quit India” Deadline 8 March 1947: Patel & Partition, the Lesser Evil 22 March 1947: Mountbatten Arrives Gandhi’s 1-Apr-1947 Offer for Jinnah May-1947 Onwards: Freedom & Partition May 1947: Mountbatten’s Initial Plan that Failed 10 May 1947 : Patel Agrees to Partition 30 May 1947 : Patel Refuses East-West Corridor to Jinnah June 1947: VP Menon–Mountbatten Plan 2 June 1947 : CWC Ratification of Partition Plan 3 June 1947 : Mountbatten announced the Partition Plan 14 June 1947 AICC Meet to Ratify Partition, backed by Gandhi August 1947 : Radcliffe Lines 14-15 August 1947 Aug-Dec 1947 : Partition of Assets 4. What Really Led to Freedom & Partition What Really led to Freedom What Really led to Partition & Pakistan