Indian History

Allan Octavian Hume, a retired British civil servant, played a key role in the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885.

The Indian National Congress was founded in Bombay in December 1885.

A. O. Hume was a British member of the Imperial Civil Service, making him an Englishman.

Womesh Chander Bonnerjee presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress held in Bombay in 1885.

King George V and Queen Mary visited India in 1911 for the Delhi Durbar.

During the Delhi Durbar in 1911, King George V announced the shifting of the capital of India from Calcutta (Kolkata) to Delhi.

The Simon Commission was a group of seven British Members of Parliament under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon.

The Chauri Chaura incident occurred on 4 February 1922 in the Gorakhpur district of the United Provinces (modern-day Uttar Pradesh).

Lala Lajpat Rai was a prominent nationalist leader who was popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab (Lion of Punjab).

The Quit India Resolution was passed at the All India Congress Committee session in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 8 August 1942.

The Swaraj Party was formed on 1 January 1923 by C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru.

The Swaraj Party was established in 1923 following the Gaya session of the Congress.

The Quit India Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee on 8 August 1942.

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Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons on February 20, 1947, that the British government would grant full self-government to British India by June 1948. This historic declaration set the timeline for the British withdrawal from India.

Faxian (also spelled Fahien) was a Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled to India during the reign of Chandragupta II to collect Buddhist scriptures.

Construction of the Qutub Minar was started by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, but it was completed by his successor, Iltutmish. Later, other rulers like Firoz Shah Tughlaq added further stories.

Mahmud of Ghazni is historically credited with the raid and destruction of the Somnath temple in 1025 AD during one of his many invasions of India.

Guru Nanak Dev was the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. He preached the message of one God and equality.

The East India Company was granted a royal charter by Queen Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600, giving it a monopoly on trade with the East Indies.

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who was the first European to reach India by sea, landing in Calicut in 1498.