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India’s Independence

India’s Independence. India. In the 1660’s India and Britain became trading partners through the East India Trading Company. However, by 1760, Britain had gained political and economic power in India. India didn’t like the fact that it was being ruled by a foreign country. India.

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India’s Independence

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  1. India’s Independence

  2. India • In the 1660’s India and Britain became trading partners through the East India Trading Company. • However, by 1760, Britain had gained political and economic power in India. • India didn’t like the fact that it was being ruled by a foreign country.

  3. India • A nationalist movement began in India to fight for independence from Britain. • Supporters of the nationalist movement like Mohandas Gandhi resisted the rule of the British government. • Britain gradually offered India small forms of independence such as a National Congress ruled by Indian leaders and the 1935 Government of India Act that gave Indian towns more control over their own affairs. • However, after WWII Great Britain could no longer afford to keep India under its rule so India gained independence.

  4. Gandhi • Mohandas Gandhi was born in 1869 and he studied law in England. • He graduated and became a lawyer in South Africa. • During this time, Gandhi was shocked by the way the Indians were segregated and oppressed by British rule. • He decided to stop practicing law and returned to India to devote his life to fighting for the equality of all Indians.

  5. Gandhi • Gandhi encouraged his followers to practice nonviolent protests against the British in order to bring about social change. • He believed that acts of goodness produced positive reactions while violence only produced negative consequences. • He led his followers on boycotts, hunger strikes, and one of his most famous nonviolent protests was a 240 mile walk to the ocean to oppose the British salt tax.`

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