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100
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?
100

During this event at least 14 million people were displaced and as many as one million were killed in the violence

What was the Indian Partition?

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? Dandi Yatra?

100

The Quit India Movement was launched

What Happened in 1942?

200
This General ordered his troops to fire on peaceful protesters in Amritsar.
Who is Reginald Dyer? (or just Dyer)
200

This event came after the British enacted repressive measure against the opposition just after WWI, when a British commander, ordered his troops to open fire on peaceful protesters, killing nearly 400 and wounding over 1000, including women and children.

What is the Jallianwalla Baug Massacre?

200

Nehru raised 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

The Sepoy mutiny that later became the first indian rebellion took place

What Happened in 1857?

300
He was leader of the Muslim League and became Pakistan's first prime minister.
Who is Muhammad Jinnah? (just Jinnah is fine).
300
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?
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.

What is the homespun campaign? Swadeshi Movement

300

This marked the arrival of British in India

What happened in 1601? 

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 Gangadhar Tilak? (acceptable to just write Tilak)

400
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?
400

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

Champaran, Bihar

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

The Battle of Plassey in this year marked the beginning of British rule in India

What happened in 1757?

500

She was an Independence Activist and first woman governer of Independent India

Who is Sarojini Naidu?

500
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?
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

The Indian National Congress was Founded

What Happened in 1885?