Modern Indian History

The Dandi March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, was a nonviolent protest led by Mahatma Gandhi. It began on March 12, 1930, and ended on April 6, 1930.

The province of Bihar and Orissa was separated from the Bengal Presidency in 1912, following the announcement at the Delhi Durbar in 1911.

Jayaprakash Narayan, along with other leaders, established the Bihar Socialist Party in 1931. It was an important development in the socialist movement within the Indian National Congress.

India Wins Freedom is an autobiographical book written by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. It provides his perspective on the Indian independence movement and the partition of India.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, often called the Frontier Gandhi, was the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna in 1987. Mother Teresa received it later in 1980, but she had become an Indian citizen.

The famous slogan, You give me blood, I will give you freedom, is attributed to Subhash Chandra Bose. He used this to motivate the Indian National Army during the struggle for independence.

On April 6, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi reached the coast of Dandi and picked up a handful of salt, symbolically breaking the British salt law. This event marked the beginning of the Salt Satyagraha.

Mahatma Gandhi's first Satyagraha movement in India was the Champaran Satyagraha in 1917. It was launched to support indigo farmers against the oppressive plantation system.

Mahatma Gandhi gave the 'Do or Die' slogan during the Quit India Movement in 1942. It became a rallying cry for the Indian independence movement.

Satyagraha is defined as the force of truth, which Gandhi paired with the principle of non-violence, or Ahimsa, as the core of his political philosophy.

The two foundational pillars of Gandhi's political and moral philosophy were Ahimsa (non-violence) and Satyagraha (truth-force/passive resistance).

The Champaran Satyagraha, Gandhi's first major civil disobedience movement in India, took place in 1917 to support indigo farmers.

The Kheda Satyagraha was organized by Gandhi and Vallabhai Patel in 1918 to protest against the collection of taxes from farmers despite crop failure.

In 1920, Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation Movement to support the Khilafat cause and protest against British policies in India.