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what is the reason did india get independence
India, from 1860 to 1947 was a dominion of the British Empire. Before 1860 it was mainly ruled by powerful companies called East India Companies with the British East India Company being the largest and most powerful. However, the Indians accepted the trading at first as it also benefited them but eventually the trading turned into a monopoly and India was not benefiting from it as much as Britain and France and the other nations were. So eventually, the Indians rebelled in what was known as the Sepoy rebellions, and Britain realized what would happen to its economy if the East India Company could not trade there so they sent in British Armies and crushed the rebellion. India from that point then became a part of the vast British Empire and was ruled by a small government called the British Raj and in 1860, officially the East India Company was no longer needed as the British had control over the resources that the Company wanted to import back to Britain.But they still needed to get the resources back to Britain so the activities of the Company were merged into the British Raj. From then on Indians were treated like second class citizens compared to the ruling British and in 1893 in South Africa, Mohandas K. Gandhi was kicked off of a train as he was in a first class carriage and as he was Indian he wasn't permitted to be there and refused to leave. As Indians in South Africa, were previously used as slaves, there was a lot of discrimination against them.He campaigned for many years and Indians in South Africa eventually gained rights in the Empire. In 1915 shortly after the outbreak of the first world war, Gandhi traveled to India where he had become a national hero. After many negotiations and campaigns by using non-violent non co-operation, Gandhi's campaign eventually gained sympathy from citizens in the empire and after the second world war, Britain was almost completely bankrupt and could no longer afford to keep enforcing its will upon India by using military presence so Britain granted India Independence. After this Gandhi continued to solve problems such as civil unrest between Hindus and Muslims in India and the newly created East and West Pakistan. He went on a hunger strike and eventually the violence stopped. Not long after this, he was assassinated at point blank range and was renowned throughout the world as India's hero. His body was cremated and his ashes scattered in the holy river Ganges.


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