Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-18

Nationalist cause and showed it's cor relation to the religions of India. History of Movement. According to Dr. N. s. Hardiker, who succeeded Raj as director, of the Indian Information Bureau here, the modern Nationalist movement dates from the unsuccessful war of independence or Sepoy Rebellion of 1857. It's successive stages, he says, have been partly as follows:
 1858-Queen Victoria assured the Indians of Justice under the Brit ish Crown"
 1861-Imperial Legislative Coun- cils increased and additional Proyin- cial Councils formed.
 1871-The First Indian National or ganization known as The Indian As sociation, formed for political pro- paganda among the Hindus.
 1879-Nationalist press curbed by passage of Press Act.
 1884-First National assembly, the Indian National Union, formed by Calcutta students.
 1885-First Indian National Con- gress convenes in Bombay.
 1887 = British recognize Indian Congress as an Opposition" force.
 1897- First assassination of Brit ish officers ih Poona marks begin ming of terrorist movement"
 1901- Indian troops fight for Eng land in Boer War.
 1902 Hindus protest against Brit ish expeditions to Tibet.
 1904 Lord Curzon, Viceroy of In- dia, holds up Dunbar at Belhi against wishes of many Indians.
 1904-Passage of Universities Act deprives Indian colleges of indpend- ence; result of Russo-Japanese war gives impetus to all. India move ment.
 1905-Division of Province of Ben gal and revision of taxation regula- tions in effec since the days of Lord Cornwallis.
 1906-Indian National Congress meets at Calcutta and demands self government.
 1907 Propaganda centers estab- lished in foreign countries to agi- tate Indian independence; radical and liberal Nationalists in India split.
 1908 M. L. Dhingra assassinates Sir Curzon Willie, member of. the Indian House ,and comparison in London; from 1908 to 1920 numerous other bomb throwing and assassi- | nations and the Imprisonment of h. dian leaders, including B. G. Tilak, editor of Kesari, ("The Lion'D an Indian vernoucular newspaper and i the Nationalist leader of India. In 2,637 cases of plundering of rich men by Daccilits to gather revolutionary funds, have been re- ported from 1915 to 1920.
 1909-M -Morely-Minto anti-revolution government reforms introduced un- der the Viceroyalty of Lord Minto.
 1910-Wholesale arrests, deporta- f tions, imprisonments and hangings of indian students for mob throwing and consipracy in Maniktola, Ali pare, Benares, Nasik, Kolhapur and other places.
 1912 Attempt on life of Lord Hard nge, Viceroy of India, and wound ng of Lady Hardinge.
 1914 to 1917-Numerous social, po- itical and industrial movements started as follows: 1-All-India So- .ial movement, for the reformation ,f social customs and traditions; g. All-lpdia Depressed Classes Move nent, for the alleviation of the con- litions of the poorest clements in ndia; 3-The One Language Move nent, for the adoption of Hindu tanee as the language of India; A. The Industrial movement, for the or 'anization of the vast masses of h. lian farmers and factory workers.
 1915-Three 4 hundred Sikhs, (na- ives of the Puhjabj sailed from Cal utta on Japanese ship Roma Gata daru for Canada to test i-Indian laws. Forbidden to and at Vancouver. B. C., and return q to India, more than half were filed and many arrested in riots