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The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India [a] into two independent dominion states, ... Muslim homeland, provincial elections: 1930–1938.
Partition of India: 1947 Punjab, Delhi and Sindh, , Dominion of India and Dominion of Pakistan ~ 200,000–2,000,000 people Massacre of Sikhs and Hindus by Muslims in West Punjab and of Muslims by Sikhs and Hindus in East Punjab. The communal violence resulted in the murder of 20,000–25,000 Muslims and 45000-60000 Hindus.
The Chittagong Uprising [1] termed by the British as Chittagong Armoury Raid, was an attempt on 18 April 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armoury [2] of Bengal Province in British India (now in Bangladesh) by armed Indian independence fighters led by Surya Sen. [3] [4]
The All-India Muslim League worked to try to silence those Muslims who stood against the partition of India, often using "intimidation and coercion". [111] [110] The murder of the All India Azad Muslim Conference leader Allah Bakhsh Soomro also made it easier for the All-India Muslim League to demand the creation of Pakistan. [111]
India's largest-ever rural jobs scheme is launched, aimed at lifting around 60 million families out of poverty. March: US and India sign a nuclear agreement during a visit by US President George W. Bush. The US gives India access to civilian nuclear technology while India agrees to greater scrutiny for its nuclear programme. 2007: February
The Qissa Khwani massacre [2] (Pashto: د قصه خوانۍ بازار خوڼۍ پېښه) in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India (modern day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) on 23 April 1930 was an armoured vehicle-ramming attack and mass shooting of the unarmed civilian freedom fighters by the British colonial troops, which consequently became one of the defining moments of the ...
Before the partition of India in 1947, about 584 princely states, also called "native states", existed in India. [1] These were not part of British India, the parts of the Indian subcontinent which were under direct British administration, but rather under indirect rule, subject to subsidiary alliances.
Jawaharlal Nehru declared Purna Swaraj at the Lahore session of Congress in 1929 The flag adopted by Congress in 1931. The Declaration of Purna Swaraj was a resolution which was passed in 1930 because of the dissatisfaction among the Indian masses regarding the British offer of Dominion status to India.