Quit India MovementThe Quit India Movement was a political campaign launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in India. After Britain failed to secure Indian support for the British war effort with the Cripps Mission, Gandhi made a call to Do or Die in his Quit India speech delivered in Bombay on 8 August 1942 at the Gowalia Tank Maidan.
British Raj1858–1947 Crown rule in IndiaThe British Raj ( ; from Hindustanirāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the period of rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting from 1858 to 1947. It is also called Crown rule in India, or direct rule in India.
Non-cooperation movement (1919–1922)Portuguese India(1505–1961)British India(1600–1947)The non-cooperation movement was a political campaign launched on 4 September 1920 by Mahatma Gandhi to encourage Indians to withdraw their cooperation from the British government, with the aim of persuading them to grant self-governance.
Mahatma GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, which would later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: "great-souled", "venerable"), first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.
Indian National CongressThe Indian National Congress (INC), also known as the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a big tent political party in India. It is India's oldest political party and is widely regarded as one of the world's oldest continuously active political parties, outside Europe and North America. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.
Salt MarchThe Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March, and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolentcivil disobedience in colonial India, led by Mahatma Gandhi. The 24-day march (padayatra) lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly.
Jawaharlal NehruPrime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964Prime Minister of India1947–1964Life and eventsIndian National CongressChamparan SatyagrahaIndian independence movementNon-cooperation movementPurna SwarajSalt MarchAundh ExperimentQuit India MovementTryst with DestinyThe light has gone out of our livesConstituent Assembly of IndiaInterim Government of India1950 Cambridge electionLiaquat–Nehru PactPolitical integration of IndiaInternational trips by NehruNon-Aligned MovementFirst Nehru ministrySecond Nehru ministryThird Nehru ministryFourth Nehru ministryAccession of Jammu and KashmirAnnexation of JunagarhAnnexation of HyderabadAnnexation of GoaAnnexation of Dadra and Nagar HaveliIndia–Pakistan war of 1947–1948Sino-Indian WarDeath and state funeral of Jawaharlal NehruPhilosophyGandhian socialismScientific temperSecular humanismSecularismPublicationsAn AutobiographyBefore Freedom: Nehru's Letters to His Sister 1909–1947The Discovery of IndiaGlimpses of World HistoryLetters from a Father to His DaughterNational HeraldInfluencesTheosophyG.Indian Civil ServiceThe Indian Civil Service (abbreviated as ICS, officially known as the Imperial Civil Service) was the higher civil service of the British Raj in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members administered more than 300 million people in the presidencies and provinces of British India and were ultimately responsible for overseeing all government activity in the 250 districts of India.
Indian subcontinentThe Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. It is now divided between Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.
Partition of Bengal (1905)The Partition of Bengal in 1905, also known as the First Partition of Bengal, was a territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency in British India, implemented by the authorities of the British Raj. Announced on 16 October 1905 by Lord Curzon, then Viceroy of India, the reorganization separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas, creating West Bengal for Hindus and East Bengal for Muslims.
NonviolencePrinciple or practice of not causing harm to othersMahatma Gandhi, often considered a founder of the modern nonviolence movement, spread the concept of ahimsa through his movements and writings, which then inspired other nonviolent activists.Nonviolence is the practice of working for social change without causing harm to others, under any condition.Early NationalistsThe Early Nationalists, also known as the Moderates, were a group of political leaders in India active between 1885 and 1907. Their emergence marked the beginning of the organised national movement in India. Some of the important moderate leaders were Pherozeshah Mehta and Dadabhai Naoroji. With members of the group drawn from educated middle-class professionals including lawyers, teachers and government officials, many of them were educated in England.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.