India

Indian Independence (Part 2)

Brief Summary

On 15th August 1947, India gained independence from the British. India was ruled by the British for almost a century. It was called the British Raj (1857–1947). The British started trading spices with the Indians and slowly entered India and started colonising by making allies. Through years many Indians tried to go against the British but they ended up getting killed. After almost a century Gandhi and Nehru fought for their country’s freedom and gained it in the year 1947. It is said that the British escaped from India in the midnight on 14 August 1947. During these years, countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh were divided from India. The following table contains the list of freedom fighters of India.

Name Date
NANA SAHIB 1824-1906
RANI LAKSHMIBAI 1828-1858
BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR 1775-1862
TATYA TOPE 1814-1859
RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY 1772-1833
CHITTARANJAN DAS 1870-1925
BIPIN CHANDRA PAL 1858-1932
ANNIE BESANT 1847-1933
DADABHAI NAOROJI 1825-1917
VEER SAVARKAR 1883-1966
CHANDRA SHEKAR AZHAD 1906-1931
MAHATMA GANDHI 1869-1948
SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE 1897-1945
BHAGAT SINGH 1907-1931
RABIDRANATH TAGORE 1861-1941
ABUL KALAM AZAD 1888-1958
GOVIND BALLABH PANT 1887-1961
RASH BEHARI BOSE 1886-1945
JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN 1902-1979
DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR 1891-1956
LOKMANYA BAL GANGADHAR TILAK 1856-1920
KASTURBA GANDHI 1869-1944
LALA LAJPAT RAI 1836-1928
SAROJINI NAIDU 1879-1949
MADAN MOHAN MALVIYA 1861-1946
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU 1889-1964

The Mughals

Indian Independence

Clement Attlee the former prime minister of the Britain finally declared that India would be granted independence.

In 1947 the Muslim league launched direct action day its purpose first of conveyed that an undivided India would no longer be possible.

On June 3rd 1947 Lord Mountbatten the last British governor-general in India announced the partitioning of India into a secular India and a Muslim Pakistan.

On August 14th 1947, Pakistan was declared as a separate nation with Muhammad Ali Jinnah as its leader. On August 15 1947 at the stroke of midnight India was declared an independent issue, this joyous was also scarred with violent between Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs. At least thousand people were said to have been killed during this period. 11 million Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs crossed waters.

The year following independence Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated and the entire nation mourned his death.

Charminar

Charminar is stated in Hyderabad, India. “Char” means four in hindi and “minar” means pillars in hindi. The Charminar was constructed in the intersection of the historical trade route to Golconda with the port city of Masulipatnam. People say that the fountain in Charminar actually blocks a passage which goes to Golconda. The construction of Charminar was completed in the year 1594. It was built by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah who was in the Qutb Shahi dynasty. The architect for Charminar was a French person.