Indian Independence Movement (1857-1947)
In the old times when people from all over the world used to
be eager to come to India. Here the people of Arya classes came from Central
Europe and settled in India. After them Mughal came and they also settled
permanently in India. Changzakhan was a Mongolian who invaded India many times
and looted it. Alexander the Great also came to conquer India, but went back
after defeating in war with Porus. Hein Tsang, a Chinese citizen, came in
search of knowledge here and he visited Nalanda and Taxila schools, which are
ancient Indian universities. Columbus wanted to come to India but he liked to
land on the shores of America. Vasco Digamma from Portugal came here with the
items of his country to trade, who wanted to take Indian spices. Here also the
French people came and made their colonies in India.
Finally the British came and they ruled India for almost 200
years. After the Battle of Plassey in 1757, British people got political rights
over India. And their dominion was established here in the working days of Lord
Dalhousie, who became governor general in 1848. They combined the Punjab,
Peshawar and Pathan tribes from the north west of India. And by the year 1856
British rights and their authority were firmly established here. While the
British Empire achieved its new heights in the middle of the 19th century,
dissident local rulers, laborers, intellectuals and ordinary citizens sounded
like soldiers who were unemployed after the expiration of the armies of those
different states, Had combined and this dissatisfaction grew. It soon broke
into a rebellion that took shape of the revolt of 1857.
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