For the entirety of its history, India had been ruled by a foreign king.
The Salt March was a peaceful civil disobedience campaign launched by Mahatma Gandhi in colonial India.
The situation deteriorated, and demonstrators set fire to a police station, killing 22 officers.
The Kakori Train Robbery was a pivotal moment in India's freedom war.
However, employing military force, it gradually increased its influence and control over other territories of India through time.
The massacre of hundreds of innocent villagers by British troops during a public assembly in Amritsar provoked widespread anger.
This heinous act of violence resulted in the lives of hundreds of civilians and prompted outrage throughout India.
On August 15, 1947, India was separated into two sovereign nations: India and Pakistan.