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In the context of India in the 1840s to 1947, how far can independence be accredited to Gandhis campaign of civil disobedience in the 1920s and 1930s?
In the context of India in the 1840’s to 1947, how far can independence be accredited to Gandhi’s campaign of civil disobedience in the 1920’s and 1930’s? Since the 1840’s there had been developing bitterness towards the influence and control of the British in India, which led eventually to Gandhi’s campaign of civil disobedience and independence being granted in 1947. The Indian Independence Act partitioned India, and granted independence to the dominions of India and Pakistan. A variety of factors combined to bring about independence and how important Gandhi’s actions were in the preceding years has been an issue of great debate. Gandhi can be credited for raising national consciousness and an awareness of the common nationalist cause. However, the activity of other key individuals Nehru, and Jinnah, also played a decisive role in the granting of independence. In addition to this, the intransigence of the British in the previous one hundred years helped the growth of nationalism, encouraging ordinary people to demand independence. British industrialisation in the eighteenth century meant India became increasingly important to the East India Company, providing vast amounts of raw materials, such as cotton and opium, thus it was for economic reasons that the Company’s power spread. Its influence in India commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when
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