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Struggle for Freedom

The Indian freedom struggle is one of the most significant events in the history of India. Many people
have laid down their lives in the freedom struggle.

Let us know more about the era of freedom struggle.

1. The Indian Mutiny, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny, ignited the first
spark of the revolution. It later spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and
Lucknow, starting from Meerut.

1857 2. The first partition of Bengal separated the largely
Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu
western areas by the then Viceroy, Lord Curzon.

1905

3. Champaran Satyagraha was the first mass uprising inspired by
Mahatma Gandhi. This was an uprising by the farmers of the
Champaran district of Bihar, who were forced to grow indigo.

1917

4. The Non-Cooperation Movement was led by
Mahatma Gandhi after the Jallianwala Bagh
massacre. It embodied the idea of Non-Violence
or ‘Ahimsa’. 1920

5. The Quit India Movement started in August, 1942 with a
mission to end the British rule in India. Gandhi made a call
to Do or Die in his Quit India speech.
1942

6. Gandhi, along with a huge crowd walked from
Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi as a non-violent
protest against the repressive salt tax imposed by 1930
the British Raj. This was called the Dandi March.

7. The Indian Independence Act of 1947 was an act of the
parliament of the United Kingdom which partitioned
1947 British India into two states.

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