The Indian independence movement was a series of political efforts from the mid-1880s to 1947 that took place in the Indian subcontinent with the aim of ending British colonial rule.
Robert Clive with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey. Mir Jafar's betrayal of the Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal in Plassey made the battle one of the main factors of British supremacy in the sub-continent.
The Last Effort and Fall of Tippoo Sultaun by Henry Singleton, c. 1800. After the defeat of Tipu Sultan of Mysore, most of South India was now either under the company's direct rule, or under its indirect political control.
Bahadur Shah Zafar was declared the "Emperor of Hindustan" during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Birsa Munda, leader of Munda rebellion (Ulgulan)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from Briti
Indian independence movement
…ultimately resulted in the transfer of power in 1947. The stages of the independence struggle in the 1920s were characterised by the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and Congress's adoption of his policy of non-violence and civil disobedience. Some of the leading followers of Gandhi's ideology were Jawaharlal Nehru…
Gandhi in 1876 at the age of 7
Gandhi (right) with his eldest brother Laxmidas in 1886
Commemorative plaque at 20 Baron's Court Road, Barons Court, London