Timeline chart on the national movement 1870s-1947s

1885	The first meeting of the Indian National Congress, Bombay
1905	The first partition of Bengal
1906	Formation of the Muslim League
1920	Mahatma Gandhi leads the Congress; Non-cooperation Movement
1922	Civil Disobedience Movement
1928	Simon Commission comes to India: Boycott by all parties
1929	Lord Irwin promises Dominion Status for India
1930	Civil Disobedience Movement continues; Salt Satyagraha: Gandhi's Dandi March; First Round Table Conference
1931	Second Round Table Conference; Irwin-Gandhi Pact
1932	Third Round Table Conference
1934	Civil Disobedience Movement ends
1935	The Government of India Act receives Royal Assent
22 Dec	Observed as 'Deliverance Day' from Congress rule by the Muslim League.
1940	Lahore Resolution of the Muslim League demands for a separate state for the Muslims of India
1942	Subhas Chandra Bose forms the Indian National Army
30 Mar 1942	Cripps proposals published
8-9 Aug 1942	Congress launches 'Quit India movement' and is declared an unlawful organisation; Gandhi and all members of the Congress Working Commmittee are arrested
1945	First trial of the Indian National Army men opened
Dec-Jan 1945	General Elections in India
1946
23 Mar-29 Jun	Cabinet Mission visits India
29 Jul	Muslim League passes resolutions retracting its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission plan and calling upon Muslims to observe 16 August as 'Direct Action Day'
16 Aug	'Direct Action Day'
1947
24 March	Mountbatten sworn in as Viceroy and governor-General
3 June	Mountbatten, Nehru, Jinnah and Baldev Singh give a broadcast on the Plan over All India Radio
4 July	Indian Independence Bill is published
9 July	Mountbatten advises Attlee of his decision to accept the Governor-Generalship of India
18 July	Indian Independence Bill receives Royal Assent
11 August	Jinnah elected President of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
14 - 15 August midnight	Power transferred
15 August	Jinnah sworn in as Governor-General of Pakistan; Mountbatten sworn in as Governor-General of India; Independence Day Celebrations in Delhi
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