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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.
Aug 14, 2012 · In June 1916, an Indian living in California wrote a letter to The New York Times emphasizing how profoundly Indians in the United States had been influenced by the political values of their...
- Growing Indian Nationalism
- The Inc and Home Rule
- Gandhi and Quit India Movement
- The Second World War
India had always been made up of a collection of princely states, many of which were rivals. At first, the British exploited this, using long-standing rivalries as part of their plan to divide and rule. However, as they grew more powerful and more exploitative, former rival states began to unite against British rule together. The 1857 Rebellion led...
The Indian National Congress (INC) was founded in 1885 with the aim of having a greater share in government for educated Indians, and to create a platform for civic and political dialogue between the British and Indians. The party quickly developed divisions, but it remained largely unified in the first 20 years of its existence in its desire for i...
Mahatma Gandhi was a British educated Indian lawyer who led an anti-colonial nationalist movement in India. Gandhi advocated for non-violent resistance to imperial rule, and rose to become President of the Indian National Congress. Gandhi was deeply opposed to Indian soldiers signing up to fight for the Britishin the Second World War, believing tha...
6 years of war helped hasten the British departure from India. The sheer cost and energy expended during the Second World Warhad exhausted British supplies and highlighted the difficulties with successfully ruling India, a nation of 361 million people with internal tensions and conflicts. There was also limited interest at home in the preservation ...
- Sarah Roller
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.
By 1947, about half of South Asia was ruled by the British Crown as “British India,” surrounded by more than 500 indigenous and autonomous kingdoms, many of which maintained a protectorate agreement with the British Empire.
India's Independence. 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.
WASHINGTON –The British decision to withdraw completely from India by June, 1948, has been lauded generally in the U.S. press as an epoch-making pronouncement placing the responsibility for the...
