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  2. Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia

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    Gandhi in 1942, the year he launched the Quit India Movement. Gandhi's arrest lasted two years, as he was held in the Aga Khan Palace in Pune. During this period, Gandhi's longtime secretary Mahadev Desai died of a heart attack, his wife Kasturba died after 18 months' imprisonment on 22 February 1944, and Gandhi suffered a severe malaria attack ...

  3. Non-cooperation movement (1919–1922) - Wikipedia

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    The non-cooperation movement was a political campaign launched on 4 September 1920 by Mahatma Gandhi to have Indians revoke their cooperation from the British government, with the aim of persuading them to grant self-governance.

  4. Salt March - Wikipedia

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    Gandhi gave speeches attacking the salt tax as inhuman, and the salt satyagraha as a "poor man's struggle". Each night they slept in the open. The only thing that was asked of the villagers was food and water to wash with. Gandhi felt that this would bring the poor into the struggle for sovereignty and self-rule, necessary for eventual victory ...

  5. Quit India Movement - Wikipedia

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    The Quit India Movement was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in India.

  6. Non-cooperation movement - Wikipedia

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    Non-cooperation movement (1919–1922), during the Indian independence movement, led by Mahatma Gandhi against British rule Non-cooperation movement (1971) , a movement in East Pakistan Non-cooperation movement (2024) , a movement in Bangladesh against Awami League government

  7. Indian independence movement - Wikipedia

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    The Quit India Movement (also known as Bharat Chhodo Andolan) was a civil disobedience movement in India which commenced on 8 August 1942 in response to Gandhi's call for immediate self-rule by Indians and against sending Indians to World War II. He asked all teachers to leave their schools, and other Indians to leave their respective jobs and ...

  8. Kheda Satyagraha of 1918 - Wikipedia

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    The Kheda Satyagraha of 1918 was a satyagraha movement in the Kheda district of Gujarat in India organised by Mahatma Gandhi during the period of the British Raj. It was a major revolt in the Indian independence movement. It was the second Satyagraha movement, which was launched 7 days after the Ahmedabad mill strike.

  9. Champaran Satyagraha - Wikipedia

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    The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first satyagraha movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in British India and is considered a historically important rebellion in the Indian independence movement. It was a farmer's uprising that took place in Champaran district of Bihar in the Indian subcontinent, during the British colonial period.