* 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.

* 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 )

There, he received a liberal education at the Lyceum, and Karl J. Windischmann drew his attention to the languages and literature of the East ( Windischmann, along with Georg Friedrich Creuzer, Johann Joseph von Görres, and the brothers Schlegel, expressed great enthusiasm for Indian wisdom and philosophy ).

Engineers and architects drew their designs on cartridge paper ; these were then traced on to tracing paper using Indian ink for reproduction whenever needed.

Initially composed of Indian prisoners of war captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore, it later drew volunteers from Indian expatriate population in Malaya and Burma.

Busoni also drew inspiration from non-European sources, including Indian Fantasy for piano and orchestra.

Words of Wang's discovery drew the attention of a joint British / Indian group led by Hungarian archaeologist Aurel Stein who was on an archaeological expedition in the area n 1907.

When Catlin returned east in 1838, he assembled the paintings and numerous artifacts into his Indian Gallery, and began delivering public lectures which drew on his personal recollections of life among the American Indians.

In 1968-69, Sobers captained the West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1968-69 but they lost the series 3-1 and then drew a three-Test series in New Zealand 1-1.

There is a Punjabi / Indian shopping plaza in its final stages of construction at drew road and airport road.

White was chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, which drew up the Indian Removal Act of 1830, a major initiative of Jackson.

The military conferences drew him into an ongoing power struggle between Johnson and Shirley ( who rose to become military commander-in-chief upon the death of General Edward Braddock ) over the management of Indian affairs.

Among his urban friends and fellow artists, he was “ a man among men, a deuce of a good fellow ” but notable because he ( facetiously ) “ never drew but two women in his life, and they were failures ” ( not counting Indian women ).

Officials drew a boundary line between the British colonies along the seaboard and Native American lands west of the Appalachian Mountains, creating a vast ' Indian Reserve ' that stretched from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River and from Florida to Quebec.

After the final in Mumbai, Ponting drew some criticism for appearing to ask BCCI president and Indian cabinet minister Sharad Pawar to " leave the podium " and pointing towards the exit with his finger, while his team-mate Damien Martyn pushed him gently in the back so that his team could commence celebrations.

The on-screen depiction of lesbianism ( perhaps the first in Indian cinema ) drew severe protests and threats from many social groups as well as by the Indian authorities.

In the final round, Nakamura drew against Hao with the black pieces in a King's Indian Defense.

In 1996, Sholay was first shown on the Indian government-run Doordarshan television channel, and drew good ratings.

The Dandi March and the ensuing Dharasana Satyagraha drew worldwide attention to the Indian independence movement through extensive newspaper and newsreel coverage.

The reviewer from The Indian Express called the film a " hilarious comedy " and drew significant praise to the performance of Aishwarya Rai and the music of Rahman.

This drew fire from leaders in the Congress, as oversight of casino gambling on Native American reservations takes up much of the resources of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

He became active in the South African Congress of Democrats ( an ally of the ANC as part of the Congress Alliance ) and was a delegate to the June 1955 Congress of the People organised by the ANC and Indian, Coloured and white organisations at Kliptown near Johannesburg, that drew up the Freedom Charter.

This was an unusual stance for an Indian teacher, and it drew its share of criticism from traditional Hindus.