Other major events that resulted in India's Independence are as follows:
- The Partition of Bengal in 1905 by the British Government, based on
religions
and languages.
- The British Government's efforts to enlist the support of the
Muslims against
the Hindus.
- The spread of the spirit of Hindu-Muslim unity--Allah-O-Akbar and
Vande Mataram.
- The Swadeshi Movement--an economic boycott of foreign goods in
support of
domestic products.
- Repressive measures by the British Government.
- Swami Vivekananda's clarion call to the nation--"Man-making
is my mission of life.
You try to translate this mission of mine into action and reality. Your
duty
should be service to the motherland. India should be freed politically
first...
for the next fifty years this alone shall be our keynote--this, our great
Mother India. Let all other vain gods disappear for that time from our
minds."
These powerful utterances had a deep impact on the minds of the people.
Other important moments and movements in the history of India's
Independence:
- The impact of different organizations such as Brahmo Samaj
founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Arya Samaj by Swami Dayananda Saraswati,
Prarthana Samaj (Bombay), Swarajya Party, and the Theosophical Society
started by Annie Besant.
- Formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885.
- Mahatma Gandhi's arrival from South Africa and the rise of
the Indian National Congress as an expression of the revolt
of the Indian people against alien rule.
- Nationalism of extremists--Sri Aurobindo, Subhash Chandra Bose,
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpa Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal.
- World Wars I and II, which weakened the power of the British
rulers.
- Mahatma's Swadeshi Movement starting from Satyagraha against the
Rowlatt Act.
- The Jalianwala Bagh massacre on 13 April 1919, where over 400
innocent
and unarmed people were killed, and the imposition of martial law in
Punjab.
- The pronouncement of complete independence at the Lahore Session
of the
Indian National Congress in 1929, which caused the awakening of a new
spirit in the nation.
- Mahatma's successful civil disobedience movement all over the
country
against the Salt Laws. His Salt March at Dandi, Gujarat, in December 1930
spread to various parts of the country.
- The "Quit India" movement in 1942 and its nationwide impact.