The Gandhian Era — Quick Revision

A last-week revision sheet for 1915–1934. Dates and sessions here are the most-swapped facts in Prelims options.

Timeline at a Glance

Date	Event
9 Jan 1915	Gandhi returns from South Africa
1917	Champaran Satyagraha (indigo, tinkathia)
1918	Ahmedabad mill strike (first hunger strike); Kheda Satyagraha (revenue)
Mar 1919	Rowlatt Act passed
6 Apr 1919	All-India hartal against the Rowlatt Act
13 Apr 1919	Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Amritsar
Oct 1919	Hunter Committee appointed
1 Aug 1920	Non-Cooperation launched; Tilak dies
Sept 1920	Calcutta special session adopts Non-Cooperation
Dec 1920	Nagpur session ratifies it; Congress constitution revised
Nov 1921	Boycott of the Prince of Wales’s visit
5 Feb 1922	Chauri Chaura; movement withdrawn at Bardoli (12 Feb)
Jan 1923	Swaraj Party formed
Nov 1927	Simon Commission appointed (reaches India Feb 1928)
Aug 1928	Nehru Report
1928	Bardoli Satyagraha — Vallabhbhai becomes “Sardar”
Dec 1929	Lahore session — Purna Swaraj
26 Jan 1930	First Independence Day
12 Mar–6 Apr 1930	Dandi March
Nov 1930–Jan 1931	First Round Table Conference (Congress absent)
5 Mar 1931	Gandhi–Irwin Pact
23 Mar 1931	Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru executed
Mar 1931	Karachi session — Fundamental Rights resolution
Sept–Dec 1931	Second Round Table Conference (Gandhi attends)
16 Aug 1932	Communal Award
24 Sept 1932	Poona Pact
Nov–Dec 1932	Third Round Table Conference (Congress absent)
1934	Civil Disobedience formally withdrawn

Person	Association
Rajkumar Shukla	Invited Gandhi to Champaran
Anusuya Sarabhai	Ahmedabad mill strike
Saifuddin Kitchlew, Satyapal	Arrests that preceded Jallianwala Bagh
Ali brothers, Abul Kalam Azad, Hakim Ajmal Khan	Khilafat
C.R. Das, Motilal Nehru	Swaraj Party
C. Rajagopalachari	Vedaranyam salt march
K. Kelappan	Payyanur salt satyagraha; Guruvayur temple-entry
Sarojini Naidu	Dharasana salt works raid
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan	Khudai Khidmatgars (“Red Shirts”)
Rani Gaidinliu	Resistance in the Naga hills
B.R. Ambedkar	Poona Pact with Gandhi

Work	Note
Hind Swaraj	1909, written in Gujarati; critique of modern civilisation
Indian Opinion	South Africa
Young India, Navajivan	Edited from 1919
Harijan	From 1933
The Story of My Experiments with Truth	Autobiography (Gujarati original)

High-yield facts

First civil disobedience: Champaran. First hunger strike: Ahmedabad. First non-cooperation: Kheda.
Purna Swaraj — Lahore 1929 (Nehru). Fundamental Rights resolution — Karachi 1931 (Patel).
Gandhi attended only the Second Round Table Conference.
Poona Pact: separate electorate for Depressed Classes replaced by joint electorate; reserved seats 71 → 148.
Udham Singh killed Michael O’Dwyer (1940), not Dyer.

Non-Cooperation was adopted at Calcutta (special session), ratified at Nagpur.
Simon Commission was appointed in 1927, arrived in 1928.
The Communal Award was announced by British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, not by the Viceroy.
Chauri Chaura is in Gorakhpur district (United Provinces), not Bihar.