Indian independence activists

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This is a listing of people who campaigned against foreign domination and cultural imposition on the Indian sub-continent. In India such individuals are often referred to as freedom fighters.

Soon after the Europeans reached the Indian shores, with the arrival of Vasco da Gama in 1498 at Kappad shore at the port of Kozhikode in Keralam, segments of the indigenous population began intermittent rebellions against foreign powers and their cultural values.

Initially these revolts were by Arabs, Jews, Chinese traders, and local merchants as a rebellion against the monopolistic way of trading by Portuguese. Later many of the revolts were over cultural clashes including religious beliefs, taxation, administrative power, etc. These revolts occurred against various Europeans powers, but mainly against Britain, the primary occupier.

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[edit] 16th Century

Murteen Deluu - led rebellion against the British rule. consisted mainly of peasants.[citation needed]

[edit] 17th Century

[edit] 18th Century

[edit] Pre-1857

[edit] Rebellion of 1857

[edit] Indian Renaissance

[edit] Political organizations

[edit] Leaders from Bengal and Northeastern India

[edit] Leaders from Punjab and Northwest India

[edit] Leaders from Gujarat and Maharashtra

[edit] Leaders from South India

[edit] Leaders from North and Central India

[edit] Prominent European activists

[edit] References


          Indian Independence Movement               
History: Colonisation - East India Company - Plassey - Buxar - British India - French India - Portuguese India - More...
Philosophies: Indian nationalism - Swaraj - Gandhism - Satyagraha - Hindu nationalism - Indian Muslim nationalism - Swadeshi - Socialism
Events and movements: Rebellion of 1857 - Partition of Bengal - Revolutionaries - Champaran and Kheda - Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - Non-Cooperation - Flag Satyagraha - Bardoli - 1928 Protests - Nehru Report - Purna Swaraj - Salt Satyagraha - Act of 1935 - Legion Freies Indien - Cripps' mission - Quit India - Indian National Army - Bombay Mutiny
Organisations: Indian National Congress - Ghadar - Home Rule - Khudai Khidmatgar - Swaraj Party - Anushilan Samiti - Azad Hind - More...
Indian leaders: Mangal Pandey - Rani of Jhansi - Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Gopal Krishna Gokhale - Lala Lajpat Rai - Bipin Chandra Pal - Mahatma Gandhi - Sardar Patel - Subhash Chandra Bose - Badshah Khan - Jawaharlal Nehru - Maulana Azad - Chandrasekhar Azad - Rajaji - Bhagat Singh - Sarojini Naidu - Purushottam Das Tandon - Tanguturi Prakasam - More...
British Raj: Robert Clive - James Outram - Dalhousie - Irwin - Linlithgow - Wavell - Stafford Cripps - Mountbatten - More...
Independence: Cabinet Mission - Indian Independence Act - Partition of India - Political integration - Constitution - Republic of India
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