INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE Arrival of East India Co in India Shift from traders to Lords Revolt of 1857 Transfer of power from EIC to British Rule Rise of Organized Movement Rise of Indian Nationalism Divide and Rule (Partition of Bengal) Formation of Indian National Congress Jallianwala Baug Massacre Non Co-operation Movement Simon Commission Civil Disobedience Movement Quit India Movement (Second World War and consequences) The East India Company had the unusual distinction of ruling an entire country
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Foundation Course 1 Human Rights‚ Gender and Environment Indian Women’s Movement Aparna Basu∗ The roots of the Indian women’s movement go back to the nineteenth century male social reformers who took up issues concerning women and started women’s organizations. Women started forming their own organization from the end of the nineteenth century first at the local and then at the national level. In the years before independence‚ the two main issues they took up were political rights and reform
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down permanently in India. Chengis Khan‚ the Mongolian‚ invaded and looted India many times. Columbus wanted to come to India‚ but instead landed on the shores of America. Vasco da Gama from Portugal came to trade his country’s goods in return for Indian species. The French came and established their colonies in India. The British achieved political power in India. And while the British power gained its heights during the middle of the 19th century‚ the resentment of the local rulers‚ the farmers
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leading an all India struggle‚ he was already in his fiftieth year. To understand the man who was about to take over the reins of the Indian National Movement and guide its destinies through its most climactic years‚ it is necessary to begin his story at least twenty five years earlier‚ in 1893‚ when as a twenty-four old barrier‚ he began the struggle of Indians against racial discrimination in South Africa. The story of Gandhiji in South Africa is a long one and we present it here in
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Independence Day speech Respected teachers and all my dear friends‚ The day 15th August of every year is a golden day written in the history of the world. We got freedom on this date and it is a day worth a celebration. When we celebrate it hoisting the flag‚ playing our National Anthem with fervor‚ distributing sweets‚ we need to sail back into the past to remember and pay homage to the builders of our nation. My dear friends‚ We were the privileged lot to have been born in free India
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Respected dignitaries on the dais and my dear friends‚ Let me at first wish all a Happy Independence Day. I am extremely honored to stand before you on this special occasion‚ the day on which we celebrate India’s Independence day. This day is to remember our great leaders for their endless resistance against the foreign powers to give us the freedom that we enjoy today. We should be really proud to be born in this country‚ a nation which gave birth to charismatic leaders like Mahatma Gandhi
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The rise of Subhas Chandra Bose in the political scenario of India and his contributions to the freedom struggle of the country forms a sensational story. Though he was elected twice as the President of Indian National Congress‚ his difference with Gandhi prompted him to quit the Congress Party in 1939 and form the Forward Bloc. His radical outlook and activities alarmed the British Government and Bose was imprisoned in 1940 A.D. His fragile health led the Government to release him from the jail
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Judiciary of Indian Subcontinent The present legal and judicial system of Bangladesh owes its origin mainly to two hundred years British rule in the Indian Sub-Continent although some elements of it are remnants of Pre-British period tracing back to Hindu and Muslim administration. It passed through various stages and has been gradually developed as a continuous historical process. The process of evolution has been partly indigenous and partly foreign and the legal system of the present day emanates
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The nationalist movement grew into a wide spread mass anti-imperialist movement at the end of the First World War. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi came into prominence at this time and became the undisputed leader of the nationalist movement. Powerful mass movements were launched under his leadership. These involved defiance of laws‚ peaceful demonstrations‚ boycott of educational institutions‚ boycott of courts‚ boycott of educational institutions‚ picketing of shops selling liquor and foreign goods
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representatives separately‚ as opposed to Joint Electorates where people are selected collectively. When minorities fear that they would not get representation in state affairs and government then they demand separate electorates. Same was the case with the Indian Muslims. They were very large in number‚ but in case of combined elections they would not get due representation. When the British implemented the system of democracy in India in order to strength their rule‚ and to involve local people in government
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