After a century-long struggle for freedom,IndiaandPakistanwon independence from British colonial rule at midnight on August 14–15, 1947. This moment marked a major turning point in world history, signaling the decline ofWestern colonialism. From the earlyrevolt of 1857toGandhi’s nonviolentsatyagrah...
The Indian Independence Movement was an anti-colonial struggle spanning approximately a century, aimed at ending British rule over the Indian subcontinent. The movement ended in a bittersweet victory, as the people of the subcontinent won freedom and ind
1,586,000 BC - As Mars becomes more inhospitable, the races of Mars struggle to survive. Some, like the Red Martians, create terraforming facilities that would eventually become the center of great city-states such as Helium and Oxygen. The Ice Warriors take a different track and create "su...
A large BETA group from Kashgar circumvents the Himalayas to invade the Indian subcontinent. The armies of the Indian subcontinent nations that had been invaded from the direction of the Middle East hold out against the BETA for over ten years while maintaining close cooperation with South-East ...
000 years. This detailed timeline of Mexican history explores such themes as the early civilizations that left their mark on the region’s landscape and society, the 300-year period of colonial rule, the struggle for independence in the early 1800s and the country’s rebuilding in the 20th ...
-7000: Time of Manu Vaivasvata, "father of mankind," of Sarasvati-Drishadvati area (also said to be a South Indian Maharaja who sailed to the Himalayas during a great flood). -7000: Early evidence of horses in the Ganga region (Frawley). ...
1778 - Spring - News of the French alliance, which Benjamin Franklin had helped to negotiate, and the adoption of new strategy caused the British to leave Philadelphia in the spring1779 - Frontier Pennsylvania suffered heavily from British and Indian raids until they were answered i by John ...
Said b. Uthman. Peace is again made with the khatun of Bukhara and Said went on to Samarkand, but fails to take the town and returns to Medina with 50 Sogdian hostages which he forces into slavery. The Sogdians prove to love freedom more than life however as they kill Said and then...
In his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom, Mandela wrote:“On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth that was the name we would answer to in school. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was ...
April 29 - Fifty-three camels arrive at port of Indianola for a US Army experiment using them for pack animals in the arid areas of the Southwest. 1858 - Sept. 15 - Southern route of the Butterfield Overland Mail crosses Texas on its way between St. Louis, Mo., and the West Coast....