The Indian Independence Movement was a dark time in India’s history. During this dark period in time from 1857 up until 1947, India struggled to gain independence from the British (tonj.edu). The British were very stubborn; as they promised to gain independence to India during the Independence Movement several times, such as during WWI. However, they never actually gave them their well-deserved independence (tonj.edu). Luckily, a man by the name of Mahatma Gandhi helped India achieve their goal of gaining independence. Gandhi is known by the London Times as “the most influential figure India has produced for generations” (mlk-kpp01.standford.edu). The Indian Independence Movement, caused by the British, evoked a revolt upon the Indian people during the Minor Rebellion of 1857, had an effect on the Indian people during the formation of the Indian National Congress, during WWI, during WWII, and outlined the importance of India’s unity during the movement.
The Indian Independence Movement was triggered by the British. The British East India Company began in 1600 by a group of merchants to advance trade with Asia. The British arrived in India in the year 1608, drawn in by India’s spices, silks, and cheap labor. The British developed a chain of factories all over India. By the mid-18th century, the British garnered large sums of money that was achieved through pillage and manipulation of the Indian people (Chandra 58). During this time of British rule, India had no say politics, and had very little influence in policy and decision making (historylearningsite.co.uk). The British did not want to become part of the Indian nation. The British did not even try to adopt India’s religion, social habits, language, or customs. In fact, they d...
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... independence. The Indian Independence Movement outlined the importance of India’s unity during the movement. Unity helped India gain their independence. Their unity and nationalism also played a big role in helping India gain their independence. Unity also helped Gandhi impact the Independence Movement in a positive way.
In conclusion, the Indian Independence Movement was a success. Although the British presented false hope for India time after time, that didn’t stop India from trying. Gandhi did everything in his power to ensure that India would one day be free from British’s rule. Many other things favored in his power, such as the Indian National Congress, unity, and so on. Gandhi’s willingness and courage to make India an independent country is one of the reasons why he is so highly revered today.
To begin, British Imperialism had many political effects on India’s people throughout the years. The forcefulness of Europe’s invasion brought plenty of fear and destruction among the government, which in the following years would become run completely by British officials. According to document two, “The Indians have no control whatsoever over their own taxation...The entire civil government is now carried on by men who live lives quite remote from the people they govern.” According to Dr. Lalvani in paragraph twelve, Imperialism brought Indians together. He states, “perhaps the most innovative of all was the bringing together of several different states into one unified India.” That may have been the result in sight, but the truth is, as shown in document one, when Gandhi states, “For a hundred years, you have done everything for us. You have given us no responsibility for our own
India’s Independence had great impact on not only its people, but also the rest of the world.
Gandhi, famous for his peaceful ways of protesting, led India to independence by defying the British legislation. Despite being arrested and beaten, Gandhi never gave up and used the setbacks to fuel his determination to fight for independence. The three major events in the fight against the British rule included the massacre at the Golden Temple, the homespun movement, and the salt march. Each event brought India closer to being a free country. Led by Gandhi, India struggled to gain independence from Britain in a nonviolent approach, but remained peaceful in their protests even with the British mercilessly obstructing their fight for freedom.
Under British rule in India, the British were harshly oppressive and only interested in exploiting products from India for their own use, causing many Indians to become extremely poor. They became so oppressed they were on the verge of violent civil disobedience, when Gandhi appeared to negotiate with the British threw non-violent tactics such as sit-ins and hunger strikes. The people were supportive on Gandhi and were set to become violent if anything happened to him. Things were resolved without violence.
The nonviolence movement which included boycotting British goods. The boycotting helped Britain's economy to decrease since they couldn’t get profit from the Indians if they did buy anything from Britain. Under the Britain's rule the Indians had to pay so much tax. For instance in “IMPACT OF BRITISH RULE ON INDIA: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL (1757-1857)” it is stated that “British succeeded in selling their goods at a cheap price as foreign goods were given free entry in India without paying any duty. On the other hand, Indian handicrafts were taxed heavily when they were sent out of the country.” By helping India gain independence back through the nonviolence method by protesting and boycotting,when India became independent , the loss in the economy was recovered by giving the Native Indians their jobs back which the Britains took away. For instance, it is stated that there was “unemployment for a large community of weavers”. This is because India use to be the exporter of clothes and then became the importer of British clothes. However, because of Mahatma Gandhi , India’s economy recovered after independence, and never became imperialized afterwards by any other nation. Gandhi affect India socially as well, by giving the Indians courage, hope, abolish of the Untouchables, and cooperation between the muslims and the hindus.There were several
Thousands of years ago, Indian society developed into a complex system based on different classes. This system was known as the Caste System. It separated Indians into different castes based on what class were born into. As thousands of years went by, this system grew larger and became further complex (Wadley 189). This system caused frustration for the Indian citizens because they were receiving inequality. Not only did the inequality and separation of the Indian society frustrate the citizens of India, but the imperialism Britain had upon them as well. In the early 20th century, Indian nationalists wanted to take a stand against the British rule and make India independent. The British created unfair laws that created a nationalist movement
Not only did Gandhi continue believing in his identity, he believed all faiths can come together and join his cause for equality. He wanted self-independence and self-determination for his country and people to move forward against the British rule in a non-violent manner. Gandhi’s mission was to be free from government control and to continue to adopt their own rules, culture, and traditions.
Gandhi was peacefully assembling and advocated for the people of India to help gain their independence from Great Britain. You may wonder, what was the outcome of his nonviolent approach? I’ll tell you that his actions are what gained equality amongst people in India and respect for all of their social classes, as well gaining India independence from Great Britain. All just from his non-violent approach! Not surprisingly, Gandhi’s practices were the great inspiration for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King saw the importance of marches and non-violent
Gandhi is one of the biggest reasons India is now has it’s independence. He was the main leader of India’s independence movement. His life showed how one person could make a huge impact. His main methods were nonviolent and were inspired by Jesus Christ. He was also known as the “Great Soul.”
Gandhi's goal of indian independence was a very difficult one to achieve. Gandhi was an inspiration to all and influenced other to join his silent protesting. Gandhi never acted out in violent or harmful ways of protesting. However, he was imprisoned for an act called The Salt March. Gandhi never fought the punishments or consequences he was given. Gandhi made an agreement to stop Salt Marshes in exchange for the release of thousands of political prisoners. After this event took place Gandhi returned to India in the year of 1932 to find himself a prisoner once again. Later this same year Gandhi went on a six day fast to protest the British Government's decision of segregating the Indians lowest level on the caste system from the rest of India. Gandhi continued to do non-violent protest in order to gain equality amongst India. On August 15, 1947 India gained independence. Gandhi’s commitment and integrity are admirable and the main reason India became independent. Gandhi leaves behind a legacy to all, he has become a beacon of hope and has inspired future human rights and civil right movements all around the world. Throughout Mahatma Gandhi's journey of life he showed integrity. He never once lied about his actions of nonviolent protesting and easily accepted the consequences he deserved. Gandhi showed integrity to his followers by putting their needs above his
Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi (October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948) was an Indian political leader. Since Before Gandhi was born India had been colonized by the British. During his childhood, he had witnessed the cruelty that the British had imposed on his people. However he could not do anything, then because as a member of the ruling class of India he was required to attend university in Britain where he was taught law. Once he had returned in 1914 Gandhi made it his goal to end British rule in India. There had been many attempts for self-rule in India before, however Gandhi had a...
... attain independence from the British. Headrick’s argument that is evident in his approach to outline the positive influences that the British had on Indians. Though the British, by utilizing their technologies to increase economic prosperity, strengthen security, and suppress early revolts, seemed to dominate the region of India, they began to show weakness once the Indians were able to show promise in their handling of British technologies. Their economic involvement within British India, the Indians were able to use their educated minds to promote nationalism. This sense of unity was spread via means of British media, resulting in demographic strife that would prove problematic for the British hold over their Indian region.
Whilst the growth of Indian nationalism put considerable pressure on the Raj, historians offer many interpretations as to the fundamental cause of Independence. Gandhi’s non-cooperation movement and subsequent campaigns meant that nationalism began to appeal to the masses and helped establish a broad based movement for Independence. However, the British were always able to supress the nationalist movements, through reform or by using force, up to the Quit India movement of 1942. British involvement in the Great War and particularly the Second World War placed them in a weaker position economically, whilst the social and political expectations of the Indian people were changing, which strengthened nationalism and discontent.
The British invasion formed into a historical development of British colonialism in India. Despite India under the British rule, Mahatma Gandhi played an important role in gaining Independence. He not only changed India but also strongly fought for India's independence, using various strategies. The British Empire ruled as long as they could to reform India both politically and socially.
India has not been a free independent country for a long time. It had been under British rule from 1858-1947. India finally became independent on August 15, 1947 (Trueman). Many people credit India’s independence to Mahatma Gandhi because of the great role he played in helping India in its freedom struggle. Along with Mahatma Gandhi, Muhammed Jinnah and Jawaharlal Nehru assisted in making India an independent country. Gandhi’s main principle in India’s freedom struggle was based on non violence, which he called satyagraha, which means holding onto the truth, truth force, or soul force (Bondurant). Along with nonviolence Gandhi believe in passive resistance and swaraj or self rule. Gandhi thought that being violent would only get a bad response from the British, however passive resistance pushed the British to do something which would make them look bad To accomplish swaraj or self rule (Bondurant), Gandhi believed India needed 3 vital ingredients. The first thing India needed was to unify Indians with different religions, especially Hindus and Muslims. Second, India needed to remove its...