This partition of Bengal caused anger across India, as it was seen as ... were committed to stopping Indian independence and keeping the British Empire intact. But the USA had agreed to fight ...

Independence Day 1857: The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf ...

When the whole nation is submerged in a patriotic mood on the Independence Day, few know that India actually did ... several colonies of the British Empire started acquiring a degree of autonomy.

Since India gained its independence from the British Empire in 1947, its primary goal as a nation was to seek self-determination and production to keep foreign dependencies to a minimum.

"The fall of the Mughal Empire and the rise of British rule ... profoundly altered India's trajectory, laying the foundation for its future struggle for independence and the eventual reclamation ...