India
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi: What Happened on 30 January 1948 and the Trial That Followed
Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead at Birla House in New Delhi on 30 January 1948 by Nathuram Godse. The day is observed…
India
Partition of India 1947: Why It Happened, the Radcliffe Line and the Human Cost
In August 1947 British India was divided into India and Pakistan. Up to 15 million people were uprooted and hundreds of thousands…
India
Quit India Movement 1942: Gandhi’s ‘Do or Die’ Call and the Final Mass Struggle for Freedom
On 8 August 1942 the Congress demanded that the British leave India. The leaders were jailed within hours, and a mass uprising…
India
Dandi March 1930: Route, Dates and How Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha Shook the British Raj
In March 1930 Mahatma Gandhi walked about 385 km from Sabarmati to Dandi to break the salt law, setting off the Civil…
India
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919: What Happened in Amritsar on 13 April and Why It Changed India
On 13 April 1919, troops under General Dyer fired on an unarmed crowd at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, killing hundreds. The massacre…
India
Revolt of 1857: Causes, Leaders, Key Events and How It Ended Company Rule in India
The Revolt of 1857 began with a sepoy mutiny at Meerut and spread across north India. It failed, but it ended the…