India independence day (1947)

The Indian independence movement was a movement from until August , when India and Pakistan got its independence from the British Raj. Vasco da Gama of Portugal had discovered a sea route to India. He had reached Kozhikode Calicut, Kerala in After this, many Europeans started coming to India for trading.

Indian independence movement timeline

They made their offices and forts in various parts of India. The company's troops led by Robert Clive defeated the rulers of Bengal in This battle became famous as the Battle of Plassey. That was the beginning of British rule, known as the British Raj , in India. In , the Battle of Buxar was won by the English forces. Many such of the revolts and armed struggles had taken place in this Some examples include:.

India's First War of Independence by this name later a book was published by V. D Savarkar was a revolt of Indian soldiers and people rulers and peasants against British rule.

Indian independence movement history

Historians had used the terms like the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny to describe this event. The rebellion by Indian troops of the British Raj started in May and continued until December Many reasons had combined to result in this rebellion. The British rulers continued to forcibly take regions ruled by Indians and made these regions part of the British Raj.