The Modern Indian independence Movement

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The Modern Indian independence Movement
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Indian National Congress

• Founded in 1885
• - Meant to increase the power of educated Indians
  in government
• By the 20th century the party advocated
  independence
• Gandhi became president of congress in 1915
• - Formed an alliance with a muslim group
• - Several important members resigned

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Indian National Congress

• Other important members include Pandit Jawaharlal
  Nehru and Dr. Rajendra Prasad
• Worked against
• - caste differences
• - untouchability
• - poverty
• - religious and ethnic boundaries
• On January 26th 1930 they officially declared
  their goal to be complete independence
• - Gandhi originally wanted home rule

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All-India Muslim League

• Formed in 1906
• Meant to speak for and protect the interests of
  Muslims in India
• Major leader during the modern independence
  movement was Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• Supported the Independence movement
• Advocated the two-state theory that muslims
  should have their own state

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Quit India Movement

• Organized in 1942 by Gandhi
• - Response to Viceroy Linlithgow unilaterally
  declaring the entrance of India into WWII
• Demanded independence in return for Indian
  involvement in WWII
• Gandhi called for universal strikes
• Most congress leaders arrested
• Not supported by other groups like the Muslim
  League

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Indian National Army

• First formed in 1942 and reformed in 1943
• Led by Subhas Chandra Bose (starting in 1943)
• Formed with the help of the Japanese
• - helped fight the allies in Asia during WWII
• Trials of INA members led to anti-British protest
  in India
• Sepoys questioned loyalty to Britain

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Indian Independence Act of 1947

• Created the separate dominions of India and
  Pakistan
• Legislative authority given to local assemblies
• Given the right to secede from the British Empire
• India fully independent in 1950 and Pakistan in
  1956