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	Indian Independence Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The movement culminated in the independence of the subcontinent from the British Empire and the formation of India and Pakistan in August 1947.
		Although, the First War Of Indian Independence is considered to be the first united rebellion against colonial rule in India, a much smaller ethnic revolt against the Portuguese took place in Goa during 1787, and is known as the Conspiracy Of The Pintos.
		The Indian political spectrum was further broadened in the mid-1920s by the emergence of both moderate and militant parties, such as the Swaraj Party, Hindu Mahasabha, Communist Party of India and the Rashtriya Swayemsevak Sangh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/India%27s_independence_movement (6937 words)

	India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On the Indian Ocean, it is adjacent to the island nations of the Maldives on the southwest, Sri Lanka on the south, and Indonesia on the southeast.
		In the early part of the 20th century, a prolonged and largely non-violent struggle for independence, the Indian independence movement, followed, to be eventually led by Mahatma Gandhi, regarded officially as the father of modern India.
		Traditional Indian family values are highly respected and considered sacred, although urban families have grown into a nuclear family system, owing to the socio-economic constraints imposed by the traditional joint family system.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/India (3935 words)

	History of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In addition to the principle texts of Hinduism, (the Vedas), the great Indian epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, the latter of which constitutes the longest poem in the world, are said to have been first written during this period, perhaps from a longer spoken tradition of unwritten recitation.
		The ports of southern India were involved in the Indian Ocean trade, chiefly involving spices, with the Roman Empire to the west and Southeast Asia to the east.
		The Mughal Empire ruled most of the northern Indian subcontinent from 1526; it went into a slow decline after 1707 and was finally defeated during the War of Independence of 1857.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_India (4474 words)

	Indian Independence Day - August 15th
		Indian Independence Day is celebrated on August 15th every year.
		India was declared independent on the 15th of August 1947.
		On the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned.
	www.cuisinecuisine.com /IndianIndependenceDay.htm (746 words)

	Indian_independence_movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Indian independence movement was a series of steps taken in the Indian subcontinent for independence from British colonial rule, beginning with the Rebellion of 1857.
		The independence movement also served as a major catalyst for similar movements in other parts of the world, leading to the dismantling of the British Empire and its replacement with the Commonwealth of Nations.
		The Indian Mutiny (also Sepoy Mutiny) as known to the British, or The First War Of Indian Independence as known to the Indians was a period of uprising in northern and central India against British rule in 1857-1858.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Indian_independence_movement (4306 words)

	South Asian History: Indian Wars of Independence - Revolutionary Upheaval of 1857
		And in its broad sweep it was the greatest armed challenge to colonial rule during the entire course of the nineteenth century.
		Precipitated by the policy of unchecked colonial extraction of agricultural and forest wealth from the region - the period saw tremendous growth in rural poverty, the masses being reduced to a state of utter deprivation.
		All public offices were to be given to Indians only and wages of the sepoys were to be revised upwards.
	members.tripod.com /~INDIA_RESOURCE/1857.html (2028 words)

	Indian Independence News
		Indian Independence News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		The producers of a film on Indian independence war hero, Subhash Chandra Bose, have cancelled the film's premiere in his hometown, Calcutta.
		The grandson of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi is teaching Palestinians the art of peaceful civil disobedience, the Haaretz newspaper reports Friday.
	rss.topix.net /holidays/indian-independence (439 words)

	Struggle for Indian independence. (from Jawaharlal Nehru) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He was also one of the principal leaders of India's independence movement in the 1930s and '40s.
		The Indian National Army (INA) was formed during World War II by Indian nationalists and prisoners of war dedicated to winning India's independence from the British Empire.
		Indian traders, colonists, and priests carried their civilization to the...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-5157?tocId=5157 (758 words)

	Mexico's Drive to Independence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Indians and Blacks, for most of the colonial period, were subject to the "Tribute", which was a tax placed on every Indian or Black.
		The Indians and Blacks blamed the government of New Spain for the harsh life they were forced to live.
		What was unusual was that Father Hidalgo and his trusted advisors had directed the Indians in the parish to begin manufacturing weapons, composed mostly of machetes, spears, bows and arrows.
	members.aol.com /MrDonnUnits/ColonialMexico.html (3578 words)

	Kamat's Potpourri: First Indian War of Independence
		It was a remarkable event in Indian history and marked the end of the Mogul empire and sealed India's fate as a British colony for the next 100 years.
		Kanpur, a city controlled by British on the Ganges 250 miles southeast of Delhi, surrendered to the Indian soldiers on June 28, 1857, and was the scene of a massacre before it was recaptured by the British on July 16.
		It was not until the emergence of Indian National Congress and Mahatma Gandhi that Indians re-gathered their momentum for home rule.
	www.kamat.com /kalranga/itihas/1858.htm (953 words)

	Bangla3b (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He too was a father of Indian independence, for it was his role that made the Congress adopt a more pro-independence role.
		Bose wanted independence or self government in return for aiding the British in the World War II but Gandhi who was a lover of the British empire wanted to give unconditional support.
		The Indian history is misrepresented to make Gandhi and the Congress the hero of India and to downplay the history of those that opposed Gandhi and actually did the real work.
	www.geocities.com /raqta24/bangla5a.htm (11317 words)

	History, Indian Independence Movement, Revolutionaries (Extremists) versus Moderates, Tilak, Gokhale
		Even as loyalist pressures cast a long shadow on political currents that were to influence the Indian elite of the late nineteenth century, rapidly deteriorating economic conditions also led to a heightened degree of radicalization amongst the most advanced sections of the new Indian intelligentsia.
		And he saw only one remedy: for the Indian people to take political power without which Indian industry could not develop, without which the nation's youth couldn't be educated, and without which the country could win neither social reforms nor material welfare for it's people.
		But, in direct opposition to the energizing of the Indian peasantry, and mass of workers and students across the country, the elite was reasserting it's loyalty to British rule.
	india_resource.tripod.com /tilak.html (2515 words)

	Brief history of Indian Independence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The spirit of Indian nationalism was intensified by the growing discontent and disaffection with British rule due to the racial arrogance of the rulers.
		To the English-educated Indians who formed the main pillars of support for British rule, virtual exclusion from the higher branches of administration on purely racial grounds was the rudest shock.
		The favoritism that afforded Englishmen superiority over Indians in all walks of life, the rulers' self-centered economic policy, and the restrictions imposed on Indians by the Arms Act were responsible for much discontent and disaffection among Indians.
	mama.indstate.edu /users/india/country/ind1.html (331 words)

	Olson \| Amb Henry Grady & Indian Independence (II)
		Grady was an old trooper, a friendly and open man who saw his task as getting acquainted, making friends, and disabusing the Indians of their suspicions and uncertainties about American good intentions.
		As the new boy on the block, he had to be very careful neither to defer to the British nor to appear to pressure the Indians.
		Describing the independence ceremonies, which Grady called "a deeply impressive occasion," he noted that "Earl and Lady Mountbatten [he became Earl as well as Governor General on Independence Day] conducted themselves on the occasion in a manner which reflected the highest credit not only on them but on Great Britain herself.
	www.unc.edu /depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_7/olson2.html (967 words)

	ipedia.com: Indian independence movement Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		No sooner had the acts come into force in March 1919-despite opposition by Indian members on the Imperial Legislative Council--than a nationwide cessation of work (hartal) was called by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
		India opted for an entirely original path to obtaining swaraj (independence) was due largely to Gandhi, commonly known as "Mahatma" (or Great Soul) A native of Gujarat who had been educated in Britain, he was an obscure and unsuccessful provincial lawyer.
		Following the rejection of the recommendations of the Simon Commission by the Indians, an All-Party Conference was held at Bombay in May 1928 under the presidentship of Dr. Ansari.
	www.ipedia.com /indian_independence_movement.html (5162 words)

	Olson \| Amb Henry Grady & Indian Independence (IV)
		She died suddenly in 1960 during a trip to Southeast Asia and was taken home to be buried at sea.
		The Indian parliament observed a minute's silence in her memory.
		In spite of Grady's disappointments, India today is a vibrant democracy, the political leader of South Asia, self sufficient in food, an industrial giant, and with a middle class said to be as large as the population of the United States.
	www.unc.edu /depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_7/olson4.html (741 words)

	A Forgotten Hero of Indian Independence
		Shyamji was born in a historic year of 1857 when the first war of Indian Independence was fought against British Imperialism, where thousands of freedom fighters sacrificed their life to liberate their Motherland from foreign rule.
		As the presence of Indian nationalist in Paris would be seriously jeopardised on outbreak of a European war and the visit of King George to Paris, to set a final seal of Entente Cordiale.
		He continued his struggle for Indian independence, morally and financially, with same enthusiasm but with some restriction as the pledge of political in-action he had given to Swiss government during the entire period of war.
	www.indiacause.com /columns/OL_040311.htm (3738 words)

	57th Indian Independence Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		History was made at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) on 15th August 2004 when Indian Independence day celebrations were organized for the first time by the student community.
		This was followed by a soulful rendition of Indian national anthem and the “Star Spangled Banner” by the Indian American Acapella group “Anokha”.
		Indian sweets and snacks were served at the end of the event.
	www.studentorg.umd.edu /desi/aug15.htm (509 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| China to join Indian anniversary
		Chinese military officials and troops are to join Indian Independence Day celebrations for the first time on a disputed border in the Himalayas.
		Celebrations will be held at an Indian military post in the Bumla pass, near the town of Tawang, on Sunday.
		The Chinese army penetrated to the plains of Assam with Indian formations retreating in disarray to the outskirts of Tezpur.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/3561386.stm (516 words)

	CBC News: 15 killed in Indian Independence Day parade bombing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		ULFA had called for a boycott of the Independence Day celebrations, but authorities had appealed to the Assamese to ignore the call and promised that everyone attending the parades would be safe.
		The perpetrators of such acts of violence will not be spared and the country's resolve to eliminate the scourge of terrorism remains unshaken," Singh said in a statement of condolence later on Sunday.
		India and Pakistan gained independence from Britain on Aug. 15, 1947, and have fought three wars since.
	www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2004/08/15/indianpendence040815.html (416 words)

	Indian Independence News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		If I were born an Indian, I would have followed the father of Indian Independence, Mahatma Gandhi.
		The movement being motivated by Mao, was recognized by China as the first example of revolution since Indian Independence.
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	www.blogophile.net /IndianIndependence (152 words)

	> Indian independence movement abcworld.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		India's option for an entirely original path to obtaining swaraj (self-rule, sometimes translated as Home Rule or Independence) was due largely to Mahatma Gandhi, (Mahatama meaning Great Soul).
		A native of Gujarat who had been educated in Britain, he had been a timid lawyer with a modest practice.
		On July 14, 1942, the Indian National Congress passed a resolution demanding complete independence from Britain.
	www.abcworld.net /Indian_independence_movement.html (7209 words)

	At the time of independence, India was just recovering from the effects of second world war and the post-war ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		At the time of independence, India was just recovering from the effects of second world war and the post-war reconstruction schemes had to be completed without delay.
		The mere fact that India has not like so many other Third World countries, succumbed to dictatorships, military rule or wholesale foreign invasion is a testament to the basic strength of the country's government and institutions.
		Today, the Indian economy is a dynamic one and a vibrant one.
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	Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand -> Indian Independence on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1942, after rejection of his offer to cooperate with Great Britain in World War II if the British would grant immediate independence to India, Gandhi called for satyagraha and launched the Quit India movement.
		Gandhi was a major figure in the postwar conferences with the viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, and Muslim League leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah that led to India's independence and the carving out of a separate Muslim state (Pakistan), although Gandhi vigorously opposed the partition.
		Mohandas Gandhi: his philosophy of nonviolence and his passion for independence began a drive for freedom that doomed colonialism.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Gandhi-M_IndianIndependence.asp (435 words)

	Major Events: Indian Independence
		Formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885.
		Mahatma Gandhi's arrival from South Africa and the rise of the Indian National Congress as an expression of the revolt of the Indian people against alien rule.
		The pronouncement of complete independence at the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress in 1929, which caused the awakening of a new spirit in the nation.
	members.tripod.com /~niravs/india.htm (355 words)

	Indian Independence Act 1947 - Section II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Indian Independence Act 1947 - Section II Indian Independence Act 1947 - Section II
		Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4) of this section, the territories of India shall be the territories under the sovereignty of His Majesty which, immediately before the appointed day, were included in British India except the territories which under sub-section (2) of this section are to be the territories of Pakistan.
		Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (3) of this section, nothing in this section, shall be construed as prevention, the accession of Indian States to either of the now Dominions.
	www.indianembassy.org /policy/Kashmir/indact1947.htm (127 words)

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