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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 IndIan RebellIon (1857)

• Long period of armed uprising in North and Central against the British occupation

• Lasted for thirteen months

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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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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 .

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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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 Viceroy’s 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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Quit India Movement

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MahaTMa Gandhi sTaRTed The QuiT india MoveMenT

The ConGRess passed The QuiT india MoveMenT in 1942.

Quit India Movement

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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.

India’s Independence dayAugust 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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Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar • Chairman Constituent assembly Cabinet as

minister for law. • he helped write the Constitution of india• born into a poor untouChable family, 1 of 14

Children, aChieved a phd• the republiC Constitution Came into

existanCe on 26 t h jan 1950

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First Home MinisterFirst PresidentFirst Prime Minister

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