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| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| INC founding | 28 December 1885; Bombay; A.O. Hume; W.C. Bonnerjee (first president); 72 delegates |
| Drain of Wealth | Dadabhai Naoroji; 3× INC president; first Indian elected to British Parliament (1892) |
| Surat Split | December 1907; Moderate vs Extremist; healed by Lucknow Pact 1916 |
| Jallianwala Bagh | 13 April 1919; Brigadier Dyer; 379 killed (official); Tagore returned knighthood |
| Non-Cooperation Movement | 1920–22; called off after Chauri Chaura (4 Feb 1922, 22 policemen killed) |
| Dandi March | 12 March–5 April 1930; Sabarmati to Dandi, 240 miles; Salt Satyagraha |
| Gandhi-Irwin Pact | 5 March 1931; suspended Civil Disobedience Movement |
| Bhagat Singh executed | 23 March 1931; with Sukhdev and Rajguru; Lahore Central Jail |
| Quit India Resolution | 8 August 1942; Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay; "Do or Die" |
| Aruna Asaf Ali | Hoisted Congress flag at Gowalia Tank; "Heroine of 1942"; Bharat Ratna 1997 |
| Subhas Bose / INA | Azad Hind Fauj; INA trials 1945–46; died Taiwan plane crash 18 August 1945 |
| Sarojini Naidu | "Nightingale of India"; INC President 1925 (first Indian woman); Dharsana raid |
| Poona Pact | 24 September 1932; Gandhi vs Ambedkar — reserved seats for Dalits vs separate electorates |
| Indian Independence Act | Passed 18 July 1947; effective 15 August 1947; partition into India + Pakistan |
| Purna Swaraj | Declared at Lahore Congress, December 1929; 26 January 1930 first Independence Day |