Indian Independence

By mahipi

  • The War of Plassey

    British victory

  • British control over India

    The control of India had been assumed by the British crown

  • The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

    This led to great resentment amongst the people and sparked the Non-Cooperation Movement

  • Non-Cooperation

    Gandhi led the Indians in nationalist movements to non-violently protest against the British control over India

  • The Quit India Movement

    The movement, supported by Gandhi, called out for an "orderly British withdrawel from India"

  • WW2

    The British Empire weakened massively due to a thinning in resources after the world wars

  • Partition

    The indian leaders agreed upon a partition of India

  • An announcement

    The British government announced that they intended to give back the control to the Indians by the summer of 1948

  • Independence Day

    The day India gained independence from British colonialism