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Independence Day 2021 | Key moments from India’s struggle for freedom

India will be celebrating its 75th Independence Day on August 15, 2021. Ahead of celebration, here's a look at the key events from India’s long fight for independence.

August 10, 2021 / 18:36 IST
1857 | First war of independence (Image: News18 Creative)
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1857 | First war of independence (Image: News18 Creative)
1885 | Indian National Congress comes into being (Image: News18 Creative)
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1885 | Indian National Congress comes into being (Image: News18 Creative)
1905 | Partition of Bengal; call for swadeshi goods (Image: News18 Creative)
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1905 | Partition of Bengal; call for swadeshi goods (Image: News18 Creative)
1911 | Bengal Partition annulled (Image: News18 Creative)
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1911 | Bengal Partition annulled (Image: News18 Creative)
1915 | Gandhi returns to India (Image: News18 Creative)
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1915 | Gandhi returns to India (Image: News18 Creative)
1919 | Jallianwallah Bagh massacre (Image: News18 Creative)
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1919 | Jallianwallah Bagh massacre (Image: News18 Creative)
1919 | Khilafat movement begins (Image: News18 Creative)
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1919 | Khilafat movement begins (Image: News18 Creative)
1921 | Gandhi launches the Civil Disobedience Movement (Image: News18 Creative)
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1921 | Gandhi launches the Civil Disobedience Movement (Image: News18 Creative)
1929 | Delhi Assembly bombing by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt (Image: News18 Creative)
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1929 | Delhi Assembly bombing by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt (Image: News18 Creative)
1930 | Dandi march (Image: News18 Creative)
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1930 | Dandi march (Image: News18 Creative)
1942 | Azad Hind Fauj formed (Image: News18 Creative)
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1942 | Azad Hind Fauj formed (Image: News18 Creative)
1942 | Quit India movement launched (Image: News18 Creative)
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1942 | Quit India movement launched (Image: News18 Creative)
February, 1947 | British government announces full self-governance to India by 1948 (Image: News18 Creative)
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February, 1947 | British government announces full self-governance to India by 1948 (Image: News18 Creative)
June, 1947 | Announcement of partition (Image: News18 Creative)
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June, 1947 | Announcement of partition (Image: News18 Creative)
August 15, 1947 | India gets freedom (Image: News18 Creative)
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August 15, 1947 | India gets freedom (Image: News18 Creative)
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first published: Aug 10, 2021 06:36 pm

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