* 15 August is Indian Independence Day since 1947.

* Indian Independence day on August 15

* 1947 – India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.

* 1929 – Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.

Edwina and India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru became intimate friends after Indian Independence.

The remnants of the Mughal dynasty were finally defeated during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, also called the 1857 War of Independence.

The Indian Independence Movement drew inspiration from the numerous goddesses of the Hindu pantheon, to the point that many Indians refer to their country as " Bharat Mata ".

* 1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ( Complete Independence ) which occurred 20 years later.

* 1947 – The " Indian Independence Bill " is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the partition of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries – India and Pakistan.

Jawaharlal Nehru (, 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964 ), often referred to as Panditji, was an Indian politician and statesman, a leader in the Indian Independence Movement, and the first Prime Minister of independent India.

His father, Motilal Nehru ( 1861-1931 ), a wealthy barrister who belonged to the Kashmiri Pandit community, served twice as President of the Indian National Congress during the Independence Struggle.

After Indian Independence in 1947, the West Bengal State Legislature, with the concurrence of the Government of India, enacted the Jadavpur University Act, 1955 to convert the institute into Jadavpur University with full autonomy on ( December 24, 1955 ).

It extends from The Paseo and Independence Avenue through Indian Mound on Gladstone Boulevard at Belmont Boulevard with many historical points and architectural landmarks.

Mohandas Karamchand GandhiGandhism is the collection of inspirations, principles, beliefs and philosophy of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( known as Mahatma Gandhi ), who was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian Independence Movement.

26 January 1930 was celebrated as India's Independence Day by the Indian National Congress meeting in Lahore.

On 14 and 15 August 1947 the Indian Independence Act was invoked.

* 1857 – The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence.

* 1857 – Indian Mutiny: In India, the first war of Independence begins.

This had also been promised to the Sikh leader Master Tara Singh by Nehru in return for Sikh political support during the negotiations for Indian Independence.

* The Jallianwala Bagh massacre in British Raj India sows the seeds of discontent and leads to the birth of the Indian Independence Movement.

* January 26 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ( Complete Independence ).

Between 1857 and 1859, this place was one of the main centers where the sparks of the first war of Indian Independence originated.

* 1942 – Indian leader Mohanda Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.

It also unifies Chicanismo within the larger Pan Indian Movement.

FBI records show that 85 % of COINTELPRO resources targeted groups and individuals that the FBI deemed " subversive ," including communist and socialist organizations ; organizations and individuals associated with the civil rights movement, including Martin Luther King, Jr. and others associated with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Congress of Racial Equality and other civil rights organizations ; black nationalist groups ; the American Indian Movement ; a broad range of organizations labeled " New Left ", including Students for a Democratic Society and the Weathermen ; almost all groups protesting the Vietnam War, as well as individual student demonstrators with no group affiliation ; the National Lawyers Guild ; organizations and individuals associated with the women's rights movement ; nationalist groups such as those seeking independence for Puerto Rico, United Ireland, and Cuban exile movements including Orlando Bosch's Cuban Power and the Cuban Nationalist Movement ; and additional notable Americans — even Albert Einstein, who was a member of several civil rights groups, came under FBI surveillance during the years just prior to COINTELPRO's official inauguration .< ref >

* 1973 – The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

* 1975 – Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota ; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.

The role of Nehru, both as Indian Prime Minister and a leader of the Non Aligned Movement was significant ; he tried to be even-handed between the two sides, while denouncing Eden and co-sponsors of the aggression vigorously.

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* American Indian Movement

Madagascar historically has remained outside the mainstream of African affairs, although it is a member of the Indian Ocean Commission, the Organization of African Unity ( now renamed the AU ) and the Non-Aligned Movement.

* 1973 – A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.

Brando was also an activist, supporting many issues, notably the African-American Civil Rights Movement and various American Indian Movements.

* 1864 – Joseph Baptista, Indian Home Rule Movement founder ( d. 1930 )

" The five episodes explore the impact of King Philip's War on the northeastern tribes, the " Native American confederacy " of Tecumseh's War, the US-forced relocation of Southeastern tribes known as the Trail of Tears, the pursuit and capture of Geronimo and the Apache Wars, and concludes with the Wounded Knee incident, participation by the American Indian Movement, and the increasing resurgence of modern Native cultures since.

The Panthers in turn influenced other similar militant groups, like the Young Lords, the Brown Berets and the American Indian Movement.

* 1981 – Citing official misconduct in the investigation and trial, Amnesty International charges the U. S. Federal Government with holding Richard Marshall of the American Indian Movement as a political prisoner.

** Tridib Mitra, Indian Bengali Poet of the Hungry generation Movement

** Allama Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, Indian founder of the Khaksar Movement ( b. 1888 )

In 1955, the Congress of the People officially adopted the Freedom Charter, stating the core principles of the South African Congress Alliance, which consisted of the African National Congress and its allies the South African Communist Party ( SACP ), the South African Indian Congress, the South African Congress of Democrats ( COD ) and the Coloured People's Congress.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs issued licenses to trade in the Indian Territory, which in 1834 consisted of most of the United States west of the Mississippi River, where mountain men and traders from Mexico freely operated.

The Boycott movement consisted of the boycott of foreign goods and also the social boycott of any Indian who used foreign goods.

Lower Canada consisted of part of former French colony of New France, populated mainly by French Canadians, which was ceded to Great Britain after that empire's victory in the Seven Years ' War, also called the French and Indian Wars in the United States.

The Comanche are a Plains Indian tribe whose historic territory, known as Comancheria, consisted of present day eastern New Mexico, southern Colorado, northeastern Arizona, southern Kansas, all of Oklahoma, and most of northwest Texas.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs ' recognition process requires tribes to prove they have been in continuous existence since 1900, were organized with internal government, and consisted of people who satisfied tribal rules for membership.

The expedition consisted of two Dominican friars, thirty soldiers and a Virginia Indian boy, Don Luis, in an effort to set up a Spanish colony in the Chesapeake.

It contains four songs and was released in a similar way to the earlier Neon Indian EP, in that the run was extremely limited and consisted of randomly colored, one of a kind discs.

The area consisted mostly of tobacco farms until the establishment of the Naval Proving Grounds at Indian Head in 1890.

His appeal not only re-invigorated the fledgling INA, which previously consisted mainly of POWs, his appeals also touched a chord with the Indian expatriates in South Asia as local civilians, without caste, creed and religion-ranging from barristers, traders to plantation workers, including Khudabadi Sindhi Swarankar working as shop keepers – had no military experience joined the INA, doubled its troop strength.

The unit consisted of the 7th Armoured Division and the Indian 4th Infantry Division.

One of the Canadian teams consisted entirely of Mohawk Indian players.

Meanwhile, at Fort Duquesne, the French garrison consisted of only about 250 regulars and Canadian militia, with about 640 Indian allies camped outside the fort.

Trenchard's First Wing consisted of Nos Two and Three Squadrons and flew in support of the IV Corps and the Indian Corps.

The " Queen ’ s own Corps of Guides " of the British Indian Army consisted of a unique combination of infantry companies and cavalry squadrons.

The British Colonial Administration consisted of Secretary of State for India, the India Office, the Governor-General of India, and the Indian Civil Service.

Indian villages in these areas consisted of clay and straw houses, later transformed into a metropolis of brick and stone.

The NOC which he led until Parliament reconvened consisted of 7 Malays, one Chinese and one Indian ; likewise, the only major post in his Cabinet held by a non-Malay was that of the MCA's Tan Siew Sin, who was Finance Minister.

Initially, ' Kilo Flight ' consisted of three aircraft provided by the Indian authorities.

His primary responsibility consisted of liaison with local Indian officials and defense personnel at Kalyani, Calcutta.

A visitor, writing of Kaskaskia about 1715, said that the village consisted of 400 Illinois men, " very good people ," two Jesuit missionaries, and " about twenty French voyageurs who have settled there and married Indian women.

On 7 December 1941 the Corps consisted of the Indian 9th Infantry Division, commanded by Major-General Barstow, the Indian 11th Infantry Division, commanded by Major-General Murray-Lyon, a Lines of Communication Area, and the Penang Fortress.

Oklahoma Territory contained 26 counties plus the Osage Nation — Indian Territory consisted of 26 districts plus the Seminole Nation.