Post-WWII Independence Movements in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East

The Indian National Congress was the primary organization that led the movement for independence from British colonial rule.

India is widely recognized as the world's largest democracy by population, holding regular democratic elections since its independence in 1947.

The partition of India into India and Pakistan was primarily driven by religious tensions and the demand for a separate homeland for Muslims.

The Salt March to Dandi in 1930, led by Mahatma Gandhi, was a nonviolent protest against British salt taxes. Gandhi and followers walked 240 miles to make their own salt, demonstrating the power of peaceful resistance.

India was a colony of the British Empire and sought independence from British rule.

The Indian Constitution of 1950 explicitly outlawed untouchability and prohibited discrimination based on caste to promote social equality.

Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon during the period of British colonial rule and for several years after gaining independence in 1948.