History Imp Date
History Imp Date
History Imp Date
ancestral property
1856-General Service Enlistment Act passed by British 1857-First War of Independence, Revolt of
the Sepoys 10th May 1857- Revolt of the sepoys at Meerut
8th April 1857-Mangal Pande was arrested and hanged. 1858-Government of India Act passed by
British, Rule of East India Company came to an end 1st November 1858-Queen Victoria's
Proclamation
1877-Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan 1877-
Delhi Durbar held by Lord Lytton
1878-Indian Arms Act passed by Lord Lytton 1878-Vernacular Press Act passed by Lord Lytton
1886-Indian National Congress merged with All India National Confererice 1885 to 1905-Moderate
Phase
1905-Gopal Krishna Gokhale was President of annual session of Congress at Banaras (now
Varanasi) 1905- Servants of India Society founded by Gopal Krishan Gokhale
1905-Partition of Bengal announced by Lord Curzon 7th August 1905-Anti-partition Movement was
started 16th October 1905-Effective day of partition of Bengal, Observed as Raksha Bandhan Day
1906-Split between Radicals and Moderates was averted by Dadabhai Naoroji at annual session of
Congress in Kolkata
1909-Minto-Morley Reforms (Le. revised version of Indian Councils Act) passed by British 1911-
Partition of Bengal was cancelled
1913-Muslam League declared at its annual session that its aim was self-governance 1914 to 1918-
First World War
1916-Radicals and Moderates united at Lucknow session of Congress, Lucknow Pact 1916-Home
Rule Leaques taunched by Tilak and Annie Besant
1919-Rowlatt Act (also known as the Black Act) was passed 1920-Non-cooperation Movement was
started
1922-Swaraj Party was organized
1927-Simon Commission
1928-Lala Lajpat Rai died of lathi charges while demonstrating against the Simon Commission
1929-Congress Session at Lahore and Poorna Swaraj Resolution
1939-Forward Bloc was founded by Subhas Chandra Bose 22nd December 1939-Day of resignation
of Congress Ministries celebrated as a day of deliverance by Muslim League
16th August 1946-Day of Protest for Muslim League known as Direct Action Day 26th October
1946-Interim Government was formed
20th February 1947- Announced that British Government would leave Indian by June 1948 1947-
Mountbatten Plan
14th August 1947- Independence Day for Pakistan; Formation of Pakistan 15th August 1947-
Independence Day for India
1917-Russian Revolution
28th June 1919-Treaty of Versailles was signed in France 1920-League of Nations was established
1919-Hitler joined NSDAP, ie. National Socialist Party 1933-Hitler formed the first Nazi
government
1934-Hitler adopted the title of Fuehrer Weimer Republic ended and Third Reich of Hitler began
1936-Anti- Comintern Pact between Japan and Germany
1938-Hitler invaded Austria and annexed it into the German empire; Anschluss declared
1938-Anglo-Italian Pact between Britain and Italy, also known as 'a gentleman's pact' was signed
1938 - Munich
24th October 1945-Charter of the United Nations Organization came into force October 24th-U.N.
Day
1946-United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was set up Health
Organization (WHO) was set up 7th April 1948- World April 7th-World Health Day
10th December 1948-Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the U.N. General
Assembly December 10th-Human Rights Day