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British stateIndian responses
Crown Rule & Early Associations
1857–85· 29 milestones
1857
1858
1859
1861
1862–65 · 4 years, nothing core recorded
1866
1867
1869
1870
1871–72 · 2 years, nothing core recorded
1873
1875
1876both
1877
1878
1879–80 · 2 years, nothing core recorded
1881both
1882both
1883both
The Moderate Congress Era
1885–1905· 11 milestones
1885
1886–88 · 3 years, nothing core recorded
1889
1890–91 · 2 years, nothing core recorded
1892
1893–94 · 2 years, nothing core recorded
1895
1897
1899both
1900–02 · 3 years, nothing core recorded
1903
1904both
Swadeshi, Split & Revolutionary Ferment
1905–19· 30 milestones
1905both
1906
1907both
1908both
1909both
1910
1911
1913
1914
1915both
1916
1917both
1918both
Gandhian Mass Movements
1919–35· 40 milestones
1919
1920
1921
1922both
1923
1924
1925
1927
1928
1929both
1930both
1931both
1932both
1934
Provincial Autonomy to Partition
1935–47· 36 milestones
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939both
1940both
1941
1942both
1943both
1944
1945both
1946both
1947both
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