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Year Country Category title
28 February 2002 India Racism Anti-Muslim mass violence spreads in Gujarat
17 July 1985 India Racism The Karamchedu massacre spurs Dalit mobilization
15 August 1973 India Racism Dalit Panthers mark Black Independence Day in Bombay
25 December 1968 India Racism Kilvenmani massacre targets a community of striking Dalit labourers
26 January 1950 India Racism India’s Constitution takes effect and abolishes untouchability
15 August 1947 India Racism India achieves independence after sustained anticolonial struggle
18 February 1946 India Racism Indian naval ratings strike against colonial conditions
9 August 1942 India Racism Arrests attempt to break the Quit India movement
8 August 1942 India Racism The Quit India resolution demands an end to British rule
24 September 1932 India Racism The Poona Pact changes representation for oppressed-caste voters
21 May 1930 India Racism Dharasana volunteers face police violence without retaliating
6 April 1930 India Racism Breaking the salt law at Dandi sparks wider defiance
12 March 1930 India Racism The Salt March begins against Britain’s salt monopoly
26 January 1930 India Racism Independence Day mobilization demands complete self-rule
25 December 1927 India Racism Mahad protesters burn the Manusmriti as a rejection of caste hierarchy
20 March 1927 India Racism Ambedkar and supporters claim equal access to water at Mahad
23 November 1925 India Racism Vaikom’s road-access campaign reaches a limited settlement
30 March 1924 India Racism Vaikom protesters challenge caste-based exclusion from public roads
18 March 1922 India Racism Gandhi’s sedition trial turns prosecution into a critique of empire
10 March 1922 India Racism Colonial authorities arrest Gandhi for sedition
1 August 1920 India Racism Gandhi returns imperial medals as noncooperation develops
30 May 1919 India Racism Tagore renounces his knighthood after the Amritsar massacre
13 April 1919 India Racism British troops fire on civilians at Jallianwala Bagh
6 April 1919 India Racism A nationwide hartal challenges the Rowlatt laws
22 March 1918 India Racism Kheda peasants are urged to withhold land revenue
11 July 1917 India Racism The Champaran inquiry begins examining peasants’ grievances
18 April 1917 India Racism Champaran supporters accompany Gandhi’s act of civil disobedience