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  2. Indian independence movement - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Defence of India Act 1915 - Wikipedia

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    The Defence of India act 1915 was re-enacted in a more severe form at the onset of World War II as the Defence of India act 1939. Although enacted on 29 September 1939 it was deemed to come into force from 3 September 1939, the day when the Second World War began. The act was used notoriously during the war in subduing the independence movement.

  4. Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia

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    Gandhi exhorted Indian men and women, rich or poor, to spend time each day spinning khadi in support of the independence movement. [119] In addition to boycotting British products, Gandhi urged the people to boycott British institutions and law courts, to resign from government employment, and to forsake British titles and honours. Gandhi thus ...

  5. List of Indian independence activists - Wikipedia

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    A school teacher and an Indian independence activist, he actively participated and fought for independence during the Quit India Movement of 1942. Raja Nahar Singh A Great Jat Ruler of the princely state of Ballabhgarh , he had secured the road from Delhi Gate (Delhi) to Bhadrapur (Bharatpur), who drove the British away from the parganas of ...

  6. Provisional Government of India - Wikipedia

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    The Provisional Government of India was a government-in-exile established in Kabul (Afghan capital) on December 1, 1915 by the Indian Independence Committee during World War I with support from the Central Powers. Its purpose was to enrol support from the Afghan Emir as well as Russia, China, and Japan for the Indian nationalist movement.

  7. Pandit Kanshi Ram - Wikipedia

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    Indian Independence movement, Ghadar Conspiracy Pandit Kanshi Ram (13 October 1883 – 27 March 1915) was an Indian revolutionary who, along with Har Dayal and Sohan Singh Bhakna , was one of the three key members in founding the Ghadar Party .

  8. Revolutionary movement for Indian independence - Wikipedia

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    The "Berlin committee for Indian independence" was established in 1915 by Virendra Nath Chattopadhya, including Bhupendra Nath Dutt & Lala Hardayal under "Zimmerman plan" with the full backing of German foreign office. Their goal was mainly to achieve the following four objectives: Mobilize Indian revolutionaries abroad.

  9. 1915 in India - Wikipedia

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returns to India from South Africa to spearhead the Indian independence movement. Calcutta School of Music is established by Phillpe Sandre. The Home Rule League is founded by Annie Besant (it was formally launched in 1916).