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e. The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic movement for Indian independence emerged in the Province of Bengal. It later took root in the newly formed Indian ...
Revolutionary movement for Indian independence. 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 ...
The storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789, during the French Revolution. Greek War of Independence, (1821–29), rebellion of Greeks within the Ottoman Empire, a struggle which resulted in the establishment of an independent Greece. This is a list of revolutions, rebellions, insurrections, and uprisings.
The Indian Rebellion of 1857was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the ruleof the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. [4][5]The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutinyof sepoysof the company's army in the garrisontown of Meerut, 40 mi (64 km) northeast of ...
1784-1785: Uprising of the Mahadev Koli tribes in Maharashtra and Tilka Manjhi of Santal Tribe. 1789: Revolt of the Tamar of Chotanagpur against British. 1794-1795: The Tamars revolted again. 1798: The revolt of the tribals against the sale of Panchet estate in Chotanagpur. 1798-1799: Chuar Rebellion led by Durjan Singh.
B. Barrackpore mutiny of 1824. Bastar rebellion. Battle of Aberdeen (Andaman Islands) Battle of Dhai Ali. Massacre of Benares. Bhumij rebellion.
10 May. Mutiny and Murders at Meerut, troops head towards Delhi. 11 May. Europeans, and Christians slaughtered in Delhi. 13 May. Bahadur Shah Zafar proclaimed new Mughal emperor; British disarm the garrison at Lahore. 17 May. Delhi Field Force, under George Anson, advances from Ambala. 22 May.
The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency is part of an ongoing conflict between left-wing extremist groups and the Indian government. The Naxalites are a group of communist supportive groups, who often follow Maoist political sentiment and ideology. The insurgency started after the 1967 Naxalbari uprising and the subsequent split of the Communist Party ...