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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