In 1940 the Muslim League had moved a resolution demanding “Independent States” for Muslims in the north-western and eastern areas of the country.

In 1905 Viceroy Curzon partitioned Bengal. At that time Bengal was the biggest province of British India and included Bihar and parts of Orissa.

Congress adopted the aim of Purna Swaraj in 1929 under the president ship of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

Mahatma Gandhi started the historic Dandi March. Gandhi ji and his followers marched for over 240 miles from Sabarmati to the coastal town of Dandi where they broke the government law by gathering natural salt.

The Rowlatt Act of 1919 was passed to strengthen the power of police and many Indian leaders opposed it. In 1919 Gandhi ji gave a call for a satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act that the British had passed.

The Lucknow Pact was the historic agreement signed in 1916 between the Congress and the All India Muslim League. Both the parties decided to work together for the representative government in the country.

Revolutionary nationalists such as Bhagat Singh and his comrades founded the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) in 1928 at Ferozeshah Kotla in Delhi.

Bal Gangadhar argued that people must rely on their own strength, not on the good intentions of the government and people must fight for swaraj. He raised the slogan, “Freedom is my birthright and I shall have it.

The Chauri Chaura incident took place when 22 policemen were killed by a crowd of peasants. They set fire to the police station in February 1922.

The Lucknow Pact was the historic agreement signed in 1916 between the Congress and the All India Muslim League. Both the parties decided to work together for the representative government in the country.