European Resistance Organized Indian Freedom Struggle

Indian Home Rule movement

"Anti-colonial movement in British India"

Region 📍 All India
Opponent ⚔️ British Empire
Indian Home Rule movement

Biography

The Indian Home Rule movement was a movement in British India on the lines of the Irish Home Rule movement and other home rule movements. The movement lasted around two years between 1916–1918 and is believed to have set the stage for the Indian independence movement under the leadership of Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak to the educated English-speaking upper class Indians. In 1920, All India Home Rule League changed its name to Swarajya Sabha.

Era of Resistance

Historical Context

Organized Indian Freedom Struggle

Timeline

1885–1947

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