WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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helping the British fight World War II
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removing British control from the Indian subcontinent
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abolishing caste distinctions and discrimination
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establishing a unified government based on religious teachings
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Swadeshi movement sought to oppose British rule and encourage the ideas of self-help, swadeshi enterprise, national education, and use of Indian languages. To fight for swaraj, the radicals advocated mass mobilisation and boycott of British institutions and goods.
Detailed explanation-2: -British raj, period of direct British rule over the Indian subcontinent from 1858 until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British rule in India. It lasted from 1857 to 1947. The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged from Bengal.
Detailed explanation-4: -The British used their military might and advanced technology to conquer and keep control of most parts of India. The British Indian Army was made up of roughly two-thirds Indian soldiers hired to defend the British East India Company and later the British government’s interests, and just one-third British soldiers.