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| 1914 |
| | | British rule is consolidated in Nigeria by the merging of north and south as a single colony | |
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| 1914 |
| | | The British government changes the status of Egypt from a Turkish province to a British protectorate | |
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| 1919 |
| | | More than 300 die when British troops fire on a peaceful demonstration in Amritsar | |
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| 1922 |
| | | Mahatma Gandhi is arrested by the British in India as an agitator and is sentenced to six years in prison | |
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| 1926 |
| | | The Balfour Report, by former UK prime minister A.J. Balfour, suggests the way forward for the British Commonwealth of Nations | |
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| 1930 |
| | | Mahatma Gandhi leads a 240-mile march from Ahmedabad to the sea to defy the British salt tax, thus launching a campaign of civil disobedience | |
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| 1934 |
| | | Mohammed Ali Jinnah becomes president of the Muslim League in India | |
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| 1940 |
| | | Mohammed Ali Jinnah puts forward the concept of independent Muslim states within India | |
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| 1942 |
| | | Mahatma Gandhi launches the Quit India Movement, calling on a large crowd in Bombay to 'do or die' in the struggle to expel the British | |
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| 1942 |
| | | Mahatma Gandhi and nearly all the leaders of India's Congress party are arrested and will remain in prison until the end of the war | |
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