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The Indian independence movement was in constant ideological evolution. Essentially anti-colonial, it was supplemented by visions of independent, economic development with a secular, democratic, republican, and civil-libertarian political structure. After the 1930s, the movement took on a strong socialist orientation.
The Revolutionary movement for Indian Independence was part of the Indian independence movement comprising the actions of violent underground revolutionary factions. Groups believing in armed revolution against the ruling British fall into this category, as opposed to the generally peaceful civil disobedience movement spearheaded by Mahatma ...
The Indian independence movement was a series of events aimed at ending the British rule in India, which lasted till 1947. Women played a significant and prominent role in the Indian independence movement. The participation of women in the movement started as early as the eighteenth century.
For people see Category:Indian revolutionaries. The category Revolutionary movement for Indian independence lists articles concerning a less-highlighted aspect of Indian independence movement - the underground revolutionary factions.The revolutionary groups were concentrated in Bengal, Punjab and Maharastra. More groups were scattered around India.
The partition of India was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947. It led to the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: India and Pakistan. [12] [13] The change of political borders notably included the division of two provinces of British India, [a] Bengal and Punjab. [14]
The non-cooperation movement was among the broader movement for Indian independence from British rule [10] and ended, as Nehru described in his autobiography, "suddenly" on 4 February 1922 after the Chauri Chaura incident. [11] Subsequent independence movements were the Civil Disobedience Movement and the Quit India Movement. [10]
The march was one of the most important event in the Indian independence movement. [13] In a time when women were required to take a back seat (due to the patriarchal culture at that time in India), Petit was one of the three women who played a pivotal role in the march and the civil disobedience against tax on salt. [ 17 ]
Indian independence may refer to: Indian independence movement, movement to end British rule in India List of Indian independence activists; Revolutionary movement for Indian independence, violent factions of the Indian independence movement; Indian independence movement in Tamil Nadu, the movement in the present-day Tamil Nadu state of India