History of Indian Struggle for independencec

V The Initial Stage (1857)
V Heroes of Revolt in 1857
V Rise of Indian Nationalism(1885 to 1905)
V Demand for Swaraj
V The Appearance of Gandhiji
V Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
V The Salt Satyagraha
V The Formation of india
V Quit india Movement (1942)
V The End of British Era in india 15th August 1947
INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT

The initial stage (1857)
V The freedom struggle had various stages,
in the form of many rebellions and
armed revolts.
V There were many rebellions , throughout
the nation during the first 100 years
of British rule.
V This traditional opposition finally
culminated in the revolt of 1857,
in which princely, soldiers as well
as peasants, alike took part.
V The revolt was a product of the
accumulated grievancesof all these
people towards british imperialism.
V Though a failure, it produced many herbs and
also created unity among all indians .

THE HEROSE OF REVOLT IN 1857
V Mangal Panday is considered as one of the greatest heroes
of the revolt of 1857.
V Some of the other people, who fought in this revolt, were
Rani Lakshmi Bai , Tantia Tope, and Nana Sahib.
V The revolt shook the very foundations of british rule in india.
V Finally,it led to power of india to be transferred from the
british east india company to the british crown.

RISE OF INDIAN NATIONALISM(1885-1905)
V Nationalism is the feeling of oneness among the people
living in a territory.
V The period from 1885 to 1905 was the time for sowing
the seeds of indian nationalism.
V The indian national congress was formed in 1885, under
the leadership of A.O.Hume, aretired british civil servant.
V In 1905,Viceroy Curzon initiated the partition of bengal to
curb the nationalist feelings among the people of india.
V This led to the launch of the Swadesh movement and
boycott of british goods and contrary to Curzon’s plan,
led to the unity of all indians.

DEMAND FOR SWARAJ
V Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and Aurobindo
Ghosh advocated for swaraj, a year later.
V In 1919, there was a widespread national campaiagn against
the Rowlatt Act, under the leadership of Lala Lajpat Rai
andother, in which he was injured fatally.

THE APPEARANCE OF GANDHI JI
V It was at this time that Gandhi
appeared on the scene.
V His main contribution was his
non-violent revoution and Satyagrah.
V He belived in truth, non-violence and
love for fellow human being.
V Gandhi launched the salt
satyagraha, starting his march
from sabaramati ashram to Dandi.
V He known as father of nation was
one of the most important
person responsible for independence.

SALT SATYAGRAHA
V Act of protes againts the british salt tax
V Gandhiji and followers walked
from sabaramati Ashram to
Dandi, Gujarat.
V The march was 200 miles long
V March lasted about a month
V The satygraha againts the salt
tax continued for almost a year,
ending with gandhi ji release from
jail and negotitations with Viceroy
Lord Irwin at the second round
table conference.
V Although over 60,000 indians were jailed as a result of the salt satyagraha, the british did not make immediate major concessions.

JALLIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE
V On 13 april 1919,a public meeting was organized at jallianwala Bagh
in Amritsar to protest againts the arrests of national leaders.
V Many villagers who came to attend a fair were also present in the park.
V General Dyer reached the metting place along with the british troops.
V He ordered the troops to fire.The firing lasted for nearly 10 minutes.
V More than thousand people were killed and many were wounded.
V This incident is called jallianwala bagh massacre.
V In this massacre our popular leader SATYAPAL and SAIFUDDIN
KITCHLEW were arrested by british government.

SIMON COMMISSION
V In 1928 british government decided to send Simon commission
to india to discuss constitutional reforms.
V The commission had no
indian member.
V Lala lajpat Rai himself led
one such procession
against Simon Commission.
V His slogan was
“SIMON GO BACK”.
V Lala lajput rai died on
november 17,1928 after
suffering grievous injuries during
a lathi charge carried out by the police.
V Lala lajput rai led the protest against the commision in a silent
non-violentmarch, but the police responded with violence.

QUIT MOVEMENT [1942]
V The quit movement was a civil disobedience movement launched in india on 8 august 1924 in response to gandhi’s call for
immediate independence.
V Gandhiji gave a DO OR DIE call
to the people of india final push
to make the british quit.
V under gandhiji leadership,
peoplr across india came
together to uproot british
imperialism.
V During this gandhiji declared,
I want freedom immediately,
this very night before dawn
if it can be had……”
V Nehruji , sardar patel and thousand of supporters were imprisoned,
and the Indain national congress was outlawed.

THE END OF THE BRITISH ERA IN INDIA 15 AUGUST 1947
V At last on june3 1947,viscount louis mountbatten
declared they would leave india.
V But a very big price was paidby
people.The britishersleft india
by diving the country in 2 part.
V Pakistan was officially announced
to be a seprate nation and given
an independent status on
14 august 1947.
V At midnight, on 15 august 1947,
india was declared to be an
independent nation by her first
Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
V Many ordinary indians , who sacrificed their lives and careers so
we could live free today .