The Indian Independence

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The Indian Independence

• Talin Handa
• Stuti Mishra
• Purvi Pandit

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Independence Movements

• Indian Rebellion (1857)
• Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil Disobedience
  (1918)
• Salt Satyagraha (1930)
• Revolutionary Movement
• Quit India Movement (1942)
• Independence (August 15, 1947)

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The Indian Rebellion (1857)

• Long period of armed uprising in North and
  Central against the British occupation
• Lasted for thirteen months

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The Indian Rebellion (1857)

• The Sepoys led by Mangal Pandey revolted against
  the British use of animal fat in cartridges
• Saw the end of the rule by the British East India
  company but transferred the rule to the British
  Empire

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Independence Movements

• Indian Rebellion (1857)
• Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil Disobedience
  (1918)
• Salt Satyagraha (1930)
• Revolutionary Movement
• Quit India Movement (1942)
• Independence (August 15, 1947)

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Indian National congress was formed in 1885.
Gandhiji organized Congress into an effective
tool for fight freedom.
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In 1920, the Indian National Congress launched
the Non Cooperation Movement, known as
Satyagraha.
Ahimsa or non-violence was to be strictly
observed during Satyagraha.
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Independence Movements

• Indian Rebellion (1857)
• Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil Disobedience
  (1918)
• Salt Satyagraha (1930)
• Revolutionary Movement
• Quit India Movement (1942)
• Independence (August 15, 1947)

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Dandi Salt March

• Act of protest against the British salt tax
• Gandhiji and followers walked from Sabarmati
  Ashram to Dandi, Gujarat
• The march was 200 miles long
• March lasted about a month!

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Reasons

• British government was putting a tax on salt
• No Indian could sell salt in their own country

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Results

• Gandhiji made salt illegally by boiling a lump of
  mud and salt in seawater
• From then on, salt was made illegally by almost
  everyone
• Gandhiji showed the world a new way to protest
  known as Satyagraha there was no violence
  involved

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Independence Movements

• Indian Rebellion (1857)
• Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil Disobedience
  (1918)
• Salt Satyagraha (1930)
• Revolutionary Movement
• Quit India Movement (1942)
• Independence (August 15, 1947)

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The Revolutionary Movement

• The Revolutionaries could not take the atrocities
  of the British. They revolted against the
  violence.
• They believed that Freedom could not be attained
  by peaceful means.
• These revolts started from 1922 coming to a peak
  in 1930

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The Revolutionaries

• Lala Lajpat Rai revolted against the All British
  Simon commission. He
  was beaten by the British with sticks
• Chandra Shekar Azad blew the Viceroys train,
  bombed the British assembly
• Shaheed Bhagat Singh was sent to the gallows at
  the age of 24
• Shaheed Udham Singh revolted against the Jalian
  walah massacre at Amritsar

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Independence Movements

• Indian Rebellion (1857)
• Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil Disobedience
  (1918)
• Salt Satyagraha (1930)
• Revolutionary Movement
• Quit India Movement (1942)
• Independence (August 15, 1947)

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Quit India Movement
Mahatma Gandhi started the Quit India
Movement The Congress passed the Quit India
Movement in 1942.
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Quit India Movement
During the Quit India movement, Mahatma Gandhi
declared "I want freedom immediately, this
very night before dawn if it can be had.
Gandhiji, Nehruji and thousands of supporters
were imprisoned, and the Indian National Congress
was outlawed.
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Independence Movements

• Indian Rebellion (1857)
• Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil Disobedience
  (1918)
• Salt Satyagraha (1930)
• Revolutionary Movement
• Quit India Movement (1942)
• Independence (August 15, 1947)

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Indias Independence dayAugust 15, 1947
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• This is the day that India became an independent
  country.
• Each year August 15 is a Celebration of
  Democracy

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Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar

• Chairman Constituent Assembly Cabinet as
  Minister for Law.
• He helped write the constitution of India
• Born into a poor untouchable family, 1 of 14
  children, Achieved a PhD

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Mahatma Gandhi
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
First Home Minister
First President
First Prime Minister
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Independence Day!