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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 ...
The aim of the party was to organise armed revolution to end the colonial rule and establish a Federal Republic of the United States of India. The Kakori train robbery was a notable act of this group. The Kakori case led to the hanging of Ashfaqullah Khan, Ramprasad Bismil, Roshan Singh, Rajendra Lahiri. The Kakori case was a major setback for ...
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 ...
B. Barrackpore mutiny of 1824. Bastar rebellion. Battle of Aberdeen (Andaman Islands) Battle of Dhai Ali. Massacre of Benares. Bhumij rebellion.
The economic history of the India since 1947 can be divided into two epochs:1.1947-91 which saw heavy government involvement in the economy, and a slow growth rate in GDP2.1991–present which saw deregulation and a rapid growth in GDP, and reduction in poverty.
Qutb ud-Din Aibak establishes slave dynasty (Mamluk) later to be known as Delhi Sultanate, beginning 320 years rule over India (1206–1526). 1206. Raja Prithu defeats Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji, destroying his army of 12,000 with only about 100 survivors. [32][33] 1210.
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 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.