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The Indian Independence

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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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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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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 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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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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India’s Independence dayAugust 15, 1947

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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

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First Home MinisterFirst PresidentFirst Prime Minister

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