Personal Political Generalof Bengal. Capital of
British India moved from
Calcutta to Delhi. George
V’s ‘Delhi Durbar’1912 Jawaharlal called to
the Bar.
August: returns to India1914–18 Indian soldiers sent in First World War
large numbers to fight
on all fronts during the
war1915 Annie Besant begins
campaign for Indian
Home Rule through her
newspapers.
Return of Gandhi to India
from South Africa
December: Congress
decides to allow Extremists
back in1916 February 8: Jawaharlal Home Rule leagues of April: Easter Rising in
marries Kamala Kaul, Tilak and Annie Besant Ireland
ten years his junior. set up, in April and
Jawaharlal joins Annie September, respectively.
Besant’s Home Rule December: ‘Lucknow
League. Pact’ between Congress
Winter: Jawaharlal and Muslim League on
first meets Gandhi an agreed-upon set of
constitutional demands
to be placed before the
government1917 November 19: birth August 20: Secretary of Russian revolution.
of Nehru’s daughter, State for India Sir Edwin Bolshevik declaration of
Indira Montagu’s declaration peace on the principle
on ‘a progressive of ‘no annexations, no
realisation of indemnities’ and the
responsible government’ right of all nations to
in India self-determinationx CHRONOLOGY