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Indian National Congress: Founding to Quit India (1885-1942)

Indian National Congress: Founding to Quit India (1885-1942)

  1. First Indian National Congress meets in Bombay

    Labels: Indian National, Bombay

  2. Congress splits at the Surat session

    Labels: Surat session, Indian National

  3. Lucknow session reunites Congress factions

    Labels: Lucknow session, Indian National

  4. Congress and Muslim League adopt the Lucknow Pact

    Labels: Lucknow Pact, All-India Muslim

  5. Congress approves noncooperation at Calcutta special session

    Labels: Calcutta session, Indian National

  6. Noncooperation movement launches nationwide

    Labels: Noncooperation movement, Indian National

  7. Congress proclaims Purna Swaraj at Lahore session

    Labels: Lahore session, Purna Swaraj

  8. Independence Day observance begins on 26 January

    Labels: Independence Day, Indian National

  9. Salt March begins as civil disobedience escalates

    Labels: Salt March, Mahatma Gandhi

  10. Gandhi-Irwin Pact ends this phase of civil disobedience

    Labels: Gandhi Irwin, Mahatma Gandhi

  11. Congress forms provincial ministries after 1937 elections

    Labels: Provincial ministries, Government of

  12. Subhas Chandra Bose resigns as Congress president

    Labels: Subhas Chandra, Indian National

  13. Quit India resolution approved and movement authorized

    Labels: Quit India, Indian National