The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British rule in India. It lasted from 1857 to 1947.
The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence See more

Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone was an early rebel against the British presence in Tamil Nadu. He became a military leader in the town of Ettayapuram and was defeated in battle against the … See more

By 1900, although the Congress had emerged as an all-India political organisation, it did not have the support of most Indian Muslims. Attacks by Hindu reformers against … See more

The All-India Muslim League was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Decca (now in Dhaka, Bangladesh), in 1906. Being a political party to secure the interests of the Muslim in British India, the Muslim League played a decisive role … See more

Early British Colonialism in India
The first European to reach India was the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, who reached Calicut in 1498 in search of spice. Just over a century later, the Dutch and English established trading outposts on the Indian … See more

The decades following the Rebellion were a period of growing political awareness, the manifestation of Indian public opinion and the emergence … See more

Partition of Bengal, 1905
• Khudiram Bose was one of the youngest Indian revolutionaries tried and executed by the British.
• Prafulla Chaki was associated with the Jugantar. He carried out assassinations against British colonial officials in an … See more