THE INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA.

INDIA.

- Is a state in South Asia.

-Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal

on the southeast,

- it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; Bhutan, to the northeast; and Bangladesh and

Burma to the east.

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A BIT OF HISTORY.

- The sea route to India was discovered in 1498 by a portuguese called Vasco de Gama.

- The Dutch and English established trading outposts on the subcontinent, with the first British trading post set up in 1612.

- The eighteenth century provided the British with a firm foothold in Indian politics.

- In 1835  English was made the medium of instruction in Indian schools

- As the British increasingly dominated the subcontinent, they grew increasingly abuse of local customs.

THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT. A COMPLICATED PROBLEM.

- Encompasses a wide spectrum of political organizations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending first, East India Company, then British colonial authority  in parts of South Asia.

- The term incorporates various national and regional campaigns, agitations and efforts of both nonviolent and militant  philosophy.

The Rebellion of 1857, The Indian rebellion of 1857 was a period of uprising in the northern and central India against East India Company  rules.

Rise of Indian nationalism (1885-1905)

Partition of Bengal, 1905

World War I

Gandhi , Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , arrives in India

MAHATMA GANDHI

- Since 1918,  he figure at the head of the Indian nationalist movement.

- His philosophy was firmly founded in the non-violence.

-  He organized protests by peasants, farmers, and urban laborers concerning excessive land-tax and discrimination.

- He made strong efforts to unite the Indian Hindus, Muslims and Christians and struggled for the emancipation of the “untouchables" in Hindu society.

- Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 by Nathuram Godse. 

BIBLIOGRAFÍA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_independence_movement

http://voice.indiasite.com/independence.html

http://www.laguia2000.com/india/188