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| 1930, Jan. 1 |
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| Accordingly, the congress declared the Nehru report to have lapsed and empowered Gandhi to begin civil disobedience. | 1 |
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| March 12–April 6 |
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| The salt march inaugurated the campaign. Gandhi marched to the Gujarat seacoast to make salt illegally as a symbol of defiance. The government remained inactive until violence broke out. | 2 |
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| April 18 |
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| Chittagong armory raid, eight guards killed. | 3 |
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| April 23–May 4 |
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| Peshawar in revolt after government troops fired on an unarmed crowd, killing at least 30. | 4 |
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| May 5 |
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| Gandhi arrested and imprisoned without trial, but his followers continued the movement: altogether 60,000 were jailed in this year, 103 killed and 420 injured by police firings. Again, women took increasingly, prominent roles in the nationalist movement. | 5 |
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| Nov. 12–1931, Jan. 19 |
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| The first round-table conference held in London, attended by representatives of the Indian princes, the Liberals, and the Muslim League. | 6 |
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| Dec. 29 |
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| Muhammad Iqbal, president of the Muslim League, proposed the formation of a separate state for the Muslims of northwestern India. | 7 |
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