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Protest of Britain’s oppressive rule in India
- The Indian independence movement first gained momentum at the beginning of the 20th century, and after World War I Gandhi organized the first of his many effective passive-resistance campaigns in protest of Britain’s oppressive rule in India.
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/india-and-pakistan-win-independenceIndia and Pakistan win independence | August 15, 1947 - HISTORY
Aug 13, 2021 · Following the huge Indian contribution to the British effort during the First World War, nationalist leaders began to agitate for independence again, arguing their contributions had proved that India was quite capable of self-governance.
- Sarah Roller
The Indian Independence Movement was an anti-colonial struggle spanning approximately a century, aimed at ending British rule over the Indian subcontinent. The movement ended in a bittersweet victory, as the people of the subcontinent won freedom and independence, yet were painfully divided into two nations: India and Pakistan.
The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic movement for Indian independence emerged in the Province of Bengal.
Despite Gandhi’s opposition, on 15 August 1947 the Indian Independence Act divided British India into two countries, India and Pakistan, declaring both countries free and independent states.
The Quit India Movement of Gandhi, the cost of the Second World War, and the Indian Naval Mutiny in 1946 made Britain realise that India could no longer be ruled.
India’s independence from England was the result of many generations of resistance, culminating in a series of large-scale independence movements from 1919 to the early 1940s led by Mahatma Gandhi.
India’s path to independence from British rule was spearheaded by the work of Mahatma Gandhi, who organized and led a series of nonviolent protests. Other important figures include Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the leader of the All India Muslim League and Pakistan’s founder, and Jawaharlal Nehru, a follower of Gandhi and India’s first prime minister.
