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- The Indian independence movement was a movement from 1857 until 15 August 1947, when India got its independence from the British Raj. Vasco da Gama of Portugal had discovered a sea route to India. He had reached Kozhikode ( Calicut, Kerala) in 1498. After this, many Europeans started coming to India for trading.simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_independence_movement
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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 emerged from Bengal. It later took root in the newly formed Indian National Congress … 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 … See moreThe 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 See moreThe First World War began with an unprecedented outpouring of support towards Britain from within the mainstream political leadership. Contrary to initial British fears of an Indian revolt, Indians contributed considerably to the British war effort by providing … 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 British and Maruthanayagam's forces. He was executed in 1757. … See more
By 1900, although the Congress had emerged as an all-India political organisation, it did not have the support of most Indian … 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 … See more
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