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 Babar
established the Mogul Empire in India.
His rule began with the conquest of the
Sultanate of Delhi in 1526, and ended
with his own death in 1530. |
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 The East India
Company was founded at the
end of the 16th century to control all
trading between Great Britain and India.
By the time its charter was revoked in
1873, it controlled virtually all aspects
of Indian society, including its
government. |
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 The Sepoy
Rebellion (Indian Mutiny) of 1857
began when Indian soliders in the Bengal
Army revolted against their British
officers. Before the
mutiny was finally put down in 1859, it
had spread over a large part of northern
India and resulted in the end of the
British East India Company. |
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 Bipin
Chandra Pal preached the
ideal of Swaraj (complete
independence), which he said could only
be won by extremist measures such as the
boycotting of British-made goods,
lockouts in British-owned businesses, and
the burning of Western clothing. |
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 Bal
Gangadhar Tilak based his independence movement
on the principles of swadeshi
(reliance on indigenous products),
boycott, and education. Considered by
many to be the first mass leader of the
Indian independence movement, Tilak was
seen by the British as a dangerous threat
to their rule. |
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 Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi began his campaign of civil
disobedience (satyagraha) that
was to become his trademark in South
Africa, and then carried it into India.
It was this campaign that ultimately led
to India gaining its independence in
1947. |
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 Jawaharlal
Nehru was a leader of
India's independence movement, and then
served as India's first Prime Minister.
Under his leadership, India became an
industrialized nation, the national
income was greatly increased, women's
rights were instituted, and India was a
staunchly nonaligned nation. |
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