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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.
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 disobedience movement spearheaded by Mahatma Gandhi.
Uprising 2011 is a compilation of selected news clippings, cartoons, interesting quotes and published articles of the anti-corruption movement that took place in India between 2010 – 2012, also referred to as India's Arab Spring or its second war of independence (against corruption). The book gives a thumb-nail view of the historical ...
First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–1846) Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849) Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852–1853) Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1857–1858) Ambela Pass campaign (1863) Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880) Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885) Hazara expedition (1888) Anglo Manipur War (1891) Hunza–Nagar Campaign (1891) Chitral Expedition ...
India intervened in the Bangladesh War of Independence, a civil war taking place in Pakistan's Bengali half, after millions of refugees had fled the persecution of the Pakistani army. The clash resulted in the independence of East Pakistan, which became known as Bangladesh , and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's elevation to immense popularity.
In March 1942, with the Japanese fast moving up the Malayan Peninsula after the Fall of Singapore, [52] and with the Americans supporting independence for India, [56] Winston Churchill, then Britain's prime minister, sent Sir Stafford Cripps, leader of the House of Commons, with an offer of dominion status to India at the end of the war in ...
The Government of India celebrated the year 2007 as the 150th anniversary of "India's First War of Independence". Several books written by Indian authors were released in the anniversary year including Amresh Mishra's "War of Civilizations", a controversial history of the Rebellion of 1857, and "Recalcitrance" by Anurag Kumar, one of the few ...
Indian nationalism is an instance of territorial nationalism, which is inclusive of all of the people of India, despite their diverse ethnic, linguistic and religious backgrounds. Indian nationalism can trace roots to pre-colonial India, but was fully developed during the Indian independence movement which campaigned for independence from ...