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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 Indian textile industry also played an important role in the freedom struggle of India. The merchandise of the textile industry pioneered the Industrial Revolution in India and soon England was producing cotton cloth in such great quantities that the domestic market was saturated, and the products had to be sold in foreign markets.
The basic political background of revolutionary ideas seemed to evolve in a new direction. The organised revolutionary movements can be said to have nearly ceased by 1936, apart from some stray sparks, like the killing of Sir Michael O'Dwyer, generally held responsible for the Amritsar Massacre, on 13 March 1940, by Udham Singh in London.
On 1 December 1915, the Provisional Government of India was founded at Emir Habibullah's 'Bagh-e-Babur palace' in the presence of the Indian, German, and Turkish members of the expedition. It was declared a 'revolutionary government-in-exile' which was to take charge of independent India when British authority is overthrown. [12]
Basanta Kumar Biswas was born on 6 February 1895 at Poragacha in a Bengali Hindu Mahishya family of Nadia district of West Bengal, to Motilal Biswas and Kunjabala Devi. [4] His ancestor Digambar Biswas was an active leader of the Indigo revolt ( Nil Bidroha,1859 ) against the forced cultivation of the cash crop and freedom fighter Manmathanath ...
Sarojini Naidu (13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) was a poet and an independence activist. [22] She was hailed as the "Nightingale of India" for her lyrical and oratory prowess. [23] Naidu wrote poetry predominantly in English, which usually took the form of lyric poetry and known for her use of the depictions of India in her writings. [24]
The All India Azad Muslim Conference, which represented nationalist Muslims, gathered in Delhi in April 1940 to voice its support for an independent and united India. [23] The British Government, however, sidelined the 'All India' organization from the independence process and came to see Jinnah, who advocated separatism, as the sole ...
Singh reported that the situation in India was favourable for a revolution. [18] [19] In May 1914, the Canadian government refused to allow the 400 Indian passengers of the ship Komagata Maru to disembark at Vancouver. The voyage had been planned as an attempt to circumvent Canadian exclusion laws that effectively prevented Indian immigration.