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Timeline of Indian Freedom Movement from 1885 to 1947

1. Formation of Indian National Congress. First session held at Bombay on

28th December attended by 72 delegates.

1. Partition of Bengal announced by Curzon.

1. Muslim league founded at Dacca by Agra Khan the Nawab of Dacca by Aga Khan the
Nawab of Dacca and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk.

1. Congress spilt at Surat session where Congress split into two part-Moderates and
Extremists

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1. Morley-Minto Reforms or the Indian Council Act 1909 announced.

1. Capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi.

1. Ghadar party formed at San Francisco to organise a rebellion in India to overthrow the
British rule.

1. First World War started.

1. Returning of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa.

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1. Gandhiji formed Sabarmati Ashram at Ahmedabad

2. Home Rule league founded by Tilak with its headquarters at Poona (Indian home rule
league of India).

3. Another Home Rule League started by Annie Besant.

4. Foundation of Banaras Hindu University by by Madan Mohan Malaviya, Lucknow part.

1. Mahatma Gandhi launches the Champaran Satyagraha.

1. Rowlatt (sedition) committee submits its reports. Rowlatt Bill introduced on February
16, 1919.

1. Anti-Rowlatt Satyagraha: M. K Gandhi started campaign against Rowlatt bill and set
up Satyagraha Sabha 24th February AD 1919 at Bombay. During this agitation, M.K
Gandhi given famous quote “It is my firm belief that we shall obtain salvation only through

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suffering and not by reforms dropping on us from the English they use brute, we soul
force”.

2. Jallianwala Bagh tragedy and the great Amritsar massacre.

3. Montague Chelmsford Reform or the Government of India Act, 1919 announced.

1. First meeting of All Indian Trade Union Congress (AITUC) held at Bombay presided
over by Lala Lajpat Rai.

2. Indian National Congress (INC) adopts the Non-cooperation resolution.

1. Chauri Chauri incident which led to the suspension of the Non-cooperation movement.

2. Vishwa Bharati University started by Rabindranath Tagore.

1. Swarajist party founded by Motilal Nehru and others.

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1. Death of Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das

2. Kakori Conspiracy Case by revolutionaries

1. Appointment of the Simon Commission

1. Nehru Report for a new constitution of India.

1. Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt drop bomb in the central legislative Assembly to
protest against the Public Safety Bill.

2. Lord Irwin’s announcement that the goal of British policy in India was the grant of
domination status.

3. Lahore session of the Congress under Jawaharlal Nehru adopts the goal of complete
independence (Poorna Swaraj) for India.

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1. Working committee of INC meets at Sabarmati and passed the Civil Disobediences
Movement with his epic Dandi march.

2. Mahatma Gandhi launches the Civil Disobedience Movement with his epic Dandi
march.

3. First Round table conference begins in London to consider the report of Simon
Commission for the future constitutional set-up in India.

1. Gandhi Irwin pact signed. Civil Disobedience movement suspended.

2. Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Raj Guru executed (in Lahore Case).

3. Second Round Table conference begins Mahatma Gandhi arrives in London to attend
it.

1. Poona pact signed by which the Harijans get reserved seats in place of separate
electorate.

2. Third Round table Conference begins at London.

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1. Government of India Act passed.

1. Elections held in India under the Act of 1935.

1. Subhas Chandra Bose resigns the presidentship of the Indian National Congress.

2. Second world war begins. Viceroy declares that India too is at war.

1. Lahore session of the Muslim league passes the Pakistan Resolution.

2. Viceroy Linlithgow announces the August offer.

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1. Death of Rabindranath Tagore.

2. Subhas Chandra Bose escapes from India to Germany.

1. Churchill announces the Cripps Mission.

2. The Cripps mission’s proposals are rejected by Congress.

3. Quit India resolution was passed by the Bombay session of the AICC, which led to
the start of a historical civil disobedience movement across India.

1. Subhas Chandra Bose tales over the leadership of Indian National Congress and
proclaims formation of the ‘Provisional Government of free India’ at Singapore.

2. Karachi session of the Muslim League adopts the slogan of ‘Divide and Quit’.

1. British Prime Minister Attlee announces the Cabinet Mission

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2. Wavell invites Nehru to form an interim government.

3. First Session of the Constituent Assembly

4. Constituent Assembly for India meets for the first time.

1. British Prime Minister Attlee declares that the British government would leave India by
June 1948.

2. Lord Mountbatten, last British viceroy and governor general of India is sworn in.

3. Mountbatten Plan for partition of India was announced.

4. Indian Independence Bill introduced in the House of Commons and passed by the
British parliament on July 18, 1947.

5. Indians got Independence

Important days in a year

World Press Freedom Day: 03 May

International Day for Biological Diversity: 22 May

World No Tobacco Day: 31 May

World Environment Day: 05 June

World Day Against Child Labour: 12 June

International Day of Yoga: 21 June

World Population Day: 11 July

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World Hepatitis Day: 28 July

National Sports Day: 29 August

The National Sports Day is celebrated on 29th August every year to mark the birthday of
legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand.

International Literacy Day: 08 September

International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer: 16 September

World Tourism Day: 27 September

World Habitat Day: 1st Monday of October (01 October)

World Teacher’s Day: 05 October

World Food Day: 16 October

United Nations Day: 24 October

The theme of this year’s concert was “Traditions of Peace and Non-violence” and was
sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the India to the United Nations.

World Diabetes Day: 14 November

International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women: 25 November

AIDA Day: 1st December

List of Airports in India

Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport: Varanasi

Choudhary Charan Singh International Airport: Lucknow

Amausi Airport: Lucknow

Subhash Chandra Bose Airport (DumDum Airport): Kolkata

Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel International Airport: Ahmedabad

Kamapagowada International Airport: Bengaluru

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport: Mumbai

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Indira Gandhi International Airport: New Delhi

Veer Savarkar International Airport: Port Blair

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport: Guwahati

Rajeev Gandhi International Airport: Hyderabad

Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport: Patna

Raja Bhoj International Airport: Bhopal

Swami Vivekananda Airport: Raipur

Devi Ahiyabai Holkar International Airport: Indore

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport: Nagpur

Anna (Meenambkam) International Airport: Chennai

Economy related bullet Points

•Average income – the total income of the country divided by its total population. The
average income is also called per capita income.

•World Development Report is brought out by the World Bank,

•Infant Mortality Rate (or IMR) – indicates the number of children that die before the age
of one year as a proportion of 1000 live children born in that particular year.

•Literacy Rate measures the proportion of literate population in the 7 and above age
group.

•Net Attendance Ratio is the total number of children of age group 6-10 attending school
as a percentage of total number of children in the same age group.

•Human Development Report published by UNDP compares countries based on the

educational levels of the people, their health status and per capita income.

•Life Expectancy at birth – denotes average expected length of life of a person at the
time of birth.

•Per Capita Income is calculated in dollars for all countries so that it can be compared so
that every dollar would buy the same amount of goods and services in any country.

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•Barter system -where goods are directly exchanged without the use of money where
double coincidence of wants is an essential feature.

•Collateral is an asset that the borrower owns (such as land, building, vehicle, livestock,
deposits with banks) and uses this as a guarantee to a lender until the loan is repaid.

•Finance Commission is to be constituted by the President every 5 years. The Chairman

must be a person having ‘experience in public affairs’.
The Finance Commission recommends to the President as to the distribution between the
Union and the States of the net proceeds of taxes to be divided between them and the
allocation between the States of respective shares of such proceeds.

HIGHEST IN INDIA :

Highest peak – Mt. Kangchenjunga

Highest water falls – Jog falls (Karnataka)
Highest gateway – Buland Darwaza (Fathepur sikri)
Highest literacy among state – Kerala
Highest tower – Qutab minar
Highest dam – Tehri

LARGEST IN INDIA :

Largest populated city – Mumbai

Largest fresh water lake – Wular lake
Largest salt water lake – Chilka (Orissa)
Largest state – Rajasthan
Largest populated state – Uttar Pradesh
Largest museum –Indian museum (Kolkata)
Largest zoo – Zoological Garden (Kolkata)
Largest dome – Gol Gumbaz (Karnataka)
Largest mosque – Jama Masjid (New Delhi)
Largest desert – Thar (Rajasthan)
Largest river Island – Majuli (Brahmaputra)
Largest monastery – Tawang monastery (Arunachal Pradesh)
Largest cave temple – Ellora (Maharashtra)
Largest animal fair – Sonepur fair (Bihar)
Largest plateau – Deccan plateau
Largest river in South India – Godavari
Largest exhibition ground – Pragati Maidan (New Delhi)
Largest arch dam – ldukki dam (Kerala)
Largest library – National library(Kolkata)
Largest aircraft carrier – INS Viraat
Largest landing ship – INS Magrar
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Largest union territory – Andaman Nicobar Islands

Largest gurudwara –Golden Temple (Amritsar)

LONGEST IN INDIA :

Longest Canal – Indira Gandhi canal

Longest River – Ganga
Longest Dam – Hirakud (Orissa)
Longest National Highway- N.H. 7
Longest Railway platform – Gorakhpur UP
Longest Corridor – Rameswaram Temple corridor
Longest Train Service – Vivek express
Longest Glacier – Siachen Glacier
Longest River bridge – Mahatma Gandhi Sethu

SMALLEST IN INDIA :

Smallest state (Area) – Goa

Smallest state (population) – Sikkim
Smallest state (forest area) – Haryana
Smallest Union Territory – Lakshadweep

Wildlife Sanctuaries in India

1. Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary: Kerala

2. Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary: Karnataka

3. Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary: Karnataka

4. Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary: Kerala

5. Gir Wildlife Sanctuary: Gujarat

6. Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary, Goa

7. Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh

8. Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary: Chhatisgarh

9. Overa- Aru Sanctuary, Jammu and Kashmir

10. Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra

11. Itanki Sanctuary: Nagaland

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12. Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, Bihar

13. Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary: Telangana

14. Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary: Maharashtra

15. Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary: Rajasthan

16. Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary: Telangana

17. Askot Musk Deer Sanctuary: Uttarakhand

18. National Chambal Sanctuary: Rajasthan

19. Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary: Kerala

20. Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary: Jammu & Kashmir

21. Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary: Arunachal Pradesh

22. Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary: Andhra Pradesh

Note:-

Chal Batohi, in Gujarat is the largest Wildlife Sanctuary in India.

Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary was set up in 1915 in the Darjeeling District of West
Bengal, India. It is one of the oldest wildlife sanctuaries of India.

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