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    The document outlines the major independence movements in India that led to its independence from British rule on August 15, 1947. It discusses the Indian Rebellion of 1857 as a starting point of resistance. It then covers the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885 and Gandhi's nonviolent campaigns including civil disobedience and the salt march. The document also mentions revolutionary groups that used violence. It highlights the Quit India Movement launched by Gandhi and Nehru in 1942 before concluding with India gaining independence in 1947.

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    The document outlines the major independence movements in India that led to its independence from British rule on August 15, 1947. It discusses the Indian Rebellion of 1857 as a starting point of resistance. It then covers the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885 and Gandhi's nonviolent campaigns including civil disobedience and the salt march. The document also mentions revolutionary groups that used violence. It highlights the Quit India Movement launched by Gandhi and Nehru in 1942 before concluding with India gaining independence in 1947.

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    The Indian Independence

    Independence Movements

    Indian Rebellion (1857) Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil Disobedience (1918) Salt Satyagraha (1930) Revolutionary Movement

    Quit India Movement (1942)


    Independence (August 15, 1947)

    The Indian Rebellion (1857)

    Long period of armed uprising in North and Central against the British occupation
    Lasted for thirteen months

    The Indian Rebellion (1857)

    The Sepoys led by Mangal Pandey revolted against the British use of animal fat in cartridges

    Saw the end of the rule by the British East India company but transferred the rule to the British Empire
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    Independence Movements

    Indian Rebellion (1857) Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil Disobedience (1918) Salt Satyagraha (1930) Revolutionary Movement

    Quit India Movement (1942)


    Independence (August 15, 1947)

    Indian National congress was formed in 1885.


    Gandhiji organized Congress into an effective tool for fight freedom.
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    In 1920, the Indian National Congress launched the Non Cooperation Movement, known as Satyagraha. Ahimsa or non-violence was to be strictly observed during Satyagraha.
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    Independence Movements

    Indian Rebellion (1857) Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil Disobedience (1918) Salt Satyagraha (1930) Revolutionary Movement

    Quit India Movement (1942)


    Independence (August 15, 1947)

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    Dandi Salt March

    Act of protest against the British salt tax Gandhiji and followers walked from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, Gujarat The march was 200 miles long March lasted about a month!

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    Reasons

    British government was putting a tax on salt


    No Indian could sell salt in their own country

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    Results

    Gandhiji made salt illegally by boiling a lump of mud and salt in seawater From then on, salt was made illegally by almost everyone Gandhiji showed the world a new way to protest known as Satyagraha there was no violence involved
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    Independence Movements

    Indian Rebellion (1857) Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil Disobedience (1918) Salt Satyagraha (1930) Revolutionary Movement

    Quit India Movement (1942)


    Independence (August 15, 1947)

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    The Revolutionary Movement

    The Revolutionaries could not take the atrocities of the British. They revolted against the violence. They believed that Freedom could not be attained by peaceful means. These revolts started from 1922 coming to a peak in 1930

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    The Revolutionaries

    Lala Lajpat Rai revolted against the All British Simon commission. He was beaten by the British with sticks Chandra Shekar Azad blew the Viceroys train, bombed the British assembly Shaheed Bhagat Singh was sent to the gallows at the age of 24
    Shaheed Udham Singh revolted against the Jalian walah massacre at Amritsar
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    Independence Movements

    Indian Rebellion (1857) Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil Disobedience (1918) Salt Satyagraha (1930) Revolutionary Movement

    Quit India Movement (1942)


    Independence (August 15, 1947)

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    Quit India Movement

    Mahatma Gandhi started the Quit India Movement


    The Congress passed the Quit India Movement in 1942.

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    Quit India Movement


    During the Quit India movement, Mahatma Gandhi declared: "I want freedom immediately, this very night before dawn if it can be had.

    Gandhiji, Nehruji and thousands of supporters were imprisoned, and the Indian National Congress was outlawed.
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    Independence Movements

    Indian Rebellion (1857) Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil Disobedience (1918) Salt Satyagraha (1930) Revolutionary Movement

    Quit India Movement (1942)


    Independence (August 15, 1947)

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    15-August,1947 : News Paper Lets have a round of India before 1947

    15-August,1947 : 1st Salute by English governor Mount baten

    Freedom At Midnight
    Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Being Sworn in As Prime Minister

    Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge...At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance -- Jawaharlal Nehru Claiming Independence from British Midnight of August 14, 1947

    Indian Parliament

    Indias Independence day August 15, 1947

    This is the day that India became an independent country. Each year August 15 is a Celebration of Democracy

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