india's struggle for freedom

1. India’s Struggle for Freedom

2. CAUSES OF THE NATIONALISM
 Indians lacked equal job
opportunities
 Were not allowed to advance to
high positions in government
service or officers in the army

3. Independence Movements
• Indian Rebellion (1857)
• Formation of Congress (1885)/Civil
Disobedience (1918)
• Salt Satyagraha (1930)
• Revolutionary Movement
• Quit India Movement (1942)
• Independence (August 15, 1947)

4. The Indian Rebellion (1857)
• The Sepoys led by Mangal Pandey
revolted against the British use of
animal fat in cartridges
• Saw the end of the rule by the
British East India company but
transferred the rule to the British
Empire

5. The Jallianwala Bagh
Massacre 1919
• On April 10, 1919,
the demonstration was held
to demand the release of
two popular leaders of the
Indian Independence
Movement, Satyapal and
Saifuddin Kitchlew, who had
been earlier arrested by the
government.

6. Dandi Salt March
• Act of protes against the British salt tax
• Gandhiji and followers walked from
Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, Gujarat
• The march was 200 miles long
• March lasted about a month!

7. The Revolutionarist’s
• Lala Lajpat Rai –revolted against the All
British Simon commission. He was
beaten by the British with sticks
• Chandra Shekar Azad – blew the Viceroy’s
train, bombed the British assembly
• Shaheed Bhagat Singh was sent to the
gallows at the age of 24

8. The Revolutionarist’s
• Shaheed Udham Singh revolted against the
Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar
• Mahatma Gandhi known as father of nation was
one of the most important person responsible for
the Independence. He started many movements.
The main weapons of Gandhi ji was Truth and
Non- violence

9. Women’s Struggle in Freedom
• Rani Lakshmi Bai
Lakshmi Bai, the Rani
of Jhansi was the queen
of princely state of
Jhansi. She fought with
British troops when Sir
Hugh Rose besieged
Jhansi on 23 March
1858.

10. Women’s Struggle in Freedom
British Mystic Annie Besant
worked in the Indian
Nationalist movement in
India. From 1907 to 1933 she
was President of the
Theosophical Society, a
mystical organization that
followed elements of
Eastern religions.

11. Non cooperation movement
• Foreign goods were boycotted, liquor shops
picketed, and foreign cloth bunt. Merchants
and traders refused to trade in foreign goods.

12. Quit India Movement
• Mahatma Gandhi started the Quit India
Movement
• The Congress passed the Quit India
Movement in 1942.

13. Quit India Movement
• During the Quit India movement, Mahatma
Gandhi declared:
• "I want freedom immediately, this very
night before dawn if it can be had….”
• Gandhiji, Nehruji and thousands of
supporters were imprisoned, and the Indian
National Congress was outlawed.

14. HOMAGE TO PEOPLE BEHIND
INDIA’S FREEDOM
• Early Freedom Fighters, such as:
Mangal Pandey in 1857 Sepoy Mutiny
 Lakshmi Bai, Rani of Jhansi in 1858
• Prominent Leaders, such as:
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Jawarhalal Nehru
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
• Many ordinary Indians, who sacrificed their lives
and careers so we could live free today

15. MARTYRS

16. MOUNTBATTEN SALUTING
INDIAN FLAG

18. India get free on 15th August to commemorate
the end of British rule and its birth as a
sovereign nation on that day in 1947.