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He supported the British early on, working as an ambulance driver during the Boer War and Zulu Uprising. He then trained as a lawyer in Britain before moving to South Africa to start his law practice. (include his first name)
Who is Mohandas Gandhi?
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This event came after the British enacted repressive measure against the opposition just after WWI, when a British commander, Dyer, ordered his troops to open fire on peaceful protesters, killing nearly 400 and wounding over 1000, including women and children.
What is the Amritsar Massacre?
100

Mahatma Gandhi's birth place.  

What is Porbandar, a town in Gujarat known for?

100
In this campaign Gandhi marched over 200 miles to the ocean to highlight the boycotting of an important product made exclusively by the British.
What is the Salt March? (also the Salt Campaign or Salt Boycott).
100

Champaran Satyagraha: First non-violent protest in India by Mahatama Gandhi

What happened in 1917? 

200
This General ordered his troops to fire on peaceful protesters in Amritsar.
Who is Reginald Dyer? (or just Dyer)
200
During this event, the British fought Germany and used many Indian troops to do it. However, while winning, it exhausted British resources and they found it difficult to control India as a colony.
What is World War II?
200

Nehru raise the national flag of India on 15th August 1947, here. 

Red Fort

200
Gandhi went to this country as a young man and developed many of his non-violent resistance tactics.
What is South Africa?
200

Quit India Movement: Gandhi launched his third major movement against British rule.

What happened in 1942?

300
He was a long time associate of Gandhi's, and became India's first prime minister.
Who is Jawaharlal Nehru? (or just Nehru)
300
This happened after the British forced their soldiers (many of whom were Hindu or Muslim) to use gun powder cartridges laced with cow or pig fat.
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
300

Home to Rani Laxmi Bai, an iconic woman who changed the course of Indian history. 

Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh

300
This was one of his earliest fights in India, where Gandhi encouraged a boycott of British textiles and the making of one's own clothes (something Gandhi did for the rest of his life).
What is the homespun campaign?
300

The Swadeshi Movement was a consequence of Lord Curzon’s announcement for the partition of Bengal

What happened in 1905?

400
He is the Indian National Congress leader who preceded Gandhi and successfully urged the Congress to take a more militant stance against the British, including the boycott of British goods over the Bengal Partition.
Who is Bal Tilak? (acceptable to just write Tilak)
400
In 1905 in this Northeast provincial area of India, the British split the area in two, for better administration they said, with one part mostly Hindu and one mostly Muslim.
What is the Bengal Partition?
400

The first Satyagraha movement in 1917, which gained historical importance in the Indian Freedom Struggle, started here. 

Champaran, Bihar

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Gandhi's reaction to this event led to the "Quit India" campaign.
What is World War II?
400

Mahatma Gandhi led a non-violent Civil Disobedience Movement in colonial India known as the Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, the Dandi March, and the Dandi Satyagraha.

What happened in 1930?

500
He was leader of the Muslim League and became Pakistan's first prime minister.
Who is Muhammad Jinnah? (just Jinnah is fine).
500
After the WWII, the British split India into two nations, India (majority Hindu) and Pakistan (majority Muslim).
What is the India Partition? (or just partition)
500

East India Company started trade with India from here. The first British ships were docked at the port here and it was established as a trade transit point in 1608.

Surat, Gujarat

500
At this event, Gandhi was invited as the sole representative to negotiate for some form of self-government -- but the effort created no meaningful change.
What are the Round Table Conference in London?
500

Gandhi began this movement in an effort to compel the British to leave India. This campaign, known as the “Bharat Chhodo Andolan,” compelled the British colonial authorities to consider leaving India.

What happened in 1942?