SOCIAL STUDIES

HOLIDAY HOME WORK

MAPPING THE IMPORTANT
HISTORICAL EVENTS FROM 1857 TO
1947
BY SURYANARAYANAN S
1857: THE REVOLT

the indian mutiny,also known as sephy

mutiny ignited the first spark of revolution
It began in meerut and later spread to
dehi,kanpur and lucknow.it was quite
widespread
1920: the non-coorperation movemet

• the non-coorperation movement gained

momentum through 1921-22
• thousands of students left government
controlled schools and collages
• people lit public bonfires of foriegn cloth
• the imports of foriegn cloth fell drastically
between 19200 and 1922
1920: the dandi march

• in 1930,gandhiji declared that he would

lead a march to break the salt law
• ganghiji and his followerts marched for
over 240 miles from sabarmati to the
coastal town of dandi where they broke
and broke the government law by
gathering natural salt on the seashore,and
boiling sea waterto produce salt
1942:the quit india movement

• The Bombay session of the All-India

Congress Committee got this movement
rolling on 8th August 1942, during World
War II.
• The mission was as clear as water – an
end to the British Rule of India.
• In addition, Gandhiji made a call to Do or
Die in his Quit India speech that he
delivered in Bombay.
1947:indian independence league
1947:indian inpendence act