1. The Indian Independence
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2. Independence Movements
 Indian Rebellion (1857)
 Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil
Disobedience (1918)
 Salt Satyagraha (1930)
 Revolutionary Movement
 Quit India Movement (1942)
 Independence (August 15, 1947)
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3. The Indian Rebellion (1857)
 Long period of armed uprising in
North and Central against the
British occupation
 Lasted for thirteen months
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4. The Indian Rebellion (1857)
 The Sepoys led by Mangal Pandey
revolted against the British use of
animal fat in cartridges
 Saw the end of the rule by the British
East India company but transferred the
rule to the British Empire
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5. Independence Movements
 Indian Rebellion (1857)
 Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil
Disobedience (1918)
 Salt Satyagraha (1930)
 Revolutionary Movement
 Quit India Movement (1942)
 Independence (August 15, 1947)
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6. Indian National congress was
formed in 1885.
Gandhiji organized Congress into
an effective tool for fight
freedom.
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7. In 1920, the Indian National
Congress launched the Non
Cooperation Movement, known as
“Satyagraha”.
Ahimsa or
non-violence was to be strictly
observed during Satyagraha.
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8. Independence Movements
 Indian Rebellion (1857)
 Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil
Disobedience (1918)
 Salt Satyagraha (1930)
 Revolutionary Movement
 Quit India Movement (1942)
 Independence (August 15, 1947)
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9. Dandi Salt March
 Act of protest against the British
salt tax
 Gandhiji and followers walked from
Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, Gujarat
 The march was 200 miles long

March lasted about a month!
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10. Reasons
 British government was putting
a tax on salt
 No Indian could sell salt in their
own country
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11. Results
 Gandhiji made salt illegally by
boiling a lump of mud and salt in
seawater
 From then on, salt was made
illegally by almost everyone
 Gandhiji showed the world a new
way to protest known as
Satyagraha – there was no violence
involved
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12. Independence Movements
 Indian Rebellion (1857)
 Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil
Disobedience (1918)
 Salt Satyagraha (1930)
 Revolutionary Movement
 Quit India Movement (1942)
 Independence (August 15, 1947)
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13. The Revolutionary Movement
 The Revolutionaries could not take the
atrocities of the British. They revolted
against the violence.
 They believed that Freedom could not be
attained by peaceful means.
 These revolts started from 1922 coming
to a peak in 1930
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14. The Revolutionaries
 Lala Lajpat Rai –revolted against the All
British Simon commission.
He was beaten by the British with sticks
 Chandra Shekar Azad – blew the Viceroy’s
train, bombed the British assembly
 Shaheed Bhagat Singh was sent to the
gallows at the age of 24
 Shaheed Udham Singh revolted against the
Jalian walah massacre at Amritsar
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15. Independence Movements
 Indian Rebellion (1857)
 Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil
Disobedience (1918)
 Salt Satyagraha (1930)
 Revolutionary Movement
 Quit India Movement (1942)
 Independence (August 15, 1947)
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16. Quit India Movement
Mahatma Gandhi started the Quit
India Movement
The Congress passed the Quit India
Movement in 1942.
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17. Quit India Movement
During the Quit India movement,
Mahatma Gandhi declared:
"I want freedom immediately, this
very night before dawn if it can be
had….”
Gandhiji, Nehruji and thousands of
supporters were imprisoned, and the
Indian National Congress was
outlawed.
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18. Independence Movements
 Indian Rebellion (1857)
 Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil
Disobedience (1918)
 Salt Satyagraha (1930)
 Revolutionary Movement
 Quit India Movement (1942)
 Independence (August 15, 1947)
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19. India’s Independence day
August 15, 1947
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20.  This is the day that India became an
independent country.
 Each year August 15 is a “Celebration of
Democracy”
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21. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
 Chairman Constituent Assembly Cabinet as Minister for
Law.
 He helped write the constitution of India
 Born into a poor untouchable family, 1 of 14 children,
Achieved a PhD
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22. First Home
First Prime Minister First President Minister
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