Indian independence
Subcontinent's freedom achieved
Indian independence refers to India's liberation from British colonial rule, achieved on August 15, 1947.
The term encompasses both the historical event and the broader movement that preceded it, led by figures like Gandhi and Nehru.
The struggle for Indian independence lasted decades.
The date is commemorated annually as Independence Day in India.
- satyagrahaNonviolent resistance philosophy
- Salt MarchIndian independence protest
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- home ruleDelegated local autonomy
- ahimsaHindu principle of harmlessness
Mahatma Gandhi · Quit India Movement · freedom · freedom struggle · freedom fighters · civil disobedience · Jallianwala Bagh · khadi · salt · anti-colonialism · Jawaharlal Nehru · nonviolence · nonviolent resistance · 1947 · tricolor · August · Nehru · Congress
- independencefreedom, liberty, autonomy, sovereignty, self-reliance
- Indian historyancient India, Akbar, Mughal Empire, British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi
- decolonizationanticolonialism, freedom fighter, anti-colonialism, national liberation, liberation army
- GandhiMahatma Gandhi, satyagraha, ahimsa, nonviolence, khadi
- Postwar AsiaKorean War, Vietnam War, Chinese Revolution, Cultural Revolution, Tiananmen Square
- 1930sNew Deal, Hitler, Nazi Germany, Great Depression, appeasement
Indian independenceBritish rule
Governance by the Crown
British Raj · colonial rule · British India · subjugation · foreign domination