Indian Independence Movement

The Indian Independence Movement was a series of revolutions empowered by the people of India put forth to battle the British Empire for complete political independence, beginning with the Rebellion of 1857, reaching its climax with Mahatma Gandhi's Quit India Movement (1942-1945), and Subhas Chandra Bose's Indian National Army invasion of British India during World War II, and freedom came on August 15, 1947.

Related Topics:
India - British Empire - Rebellion of 1857 - Mahatma Gandhi - Quit India Movement - Subhas Chandra Bose - Indian National Army - World War II

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India's struggle for freedom is characterized by many unique and historic efforts, including the world's first and largest mass, non-violent civil resistance movement pioneered by Mahatma Gandhi, involving over 50 million people from 1918 to 1945, and Bose's daring creation of an Army of Indian POWs and indentured laborers. Its leadership is colored by some of the wealthiest and poorest, the most anglicized and Westernized, to the most orthodox, religious nationalist.

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