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    1) Alexander the Great attempted to conquer India but retreated after a battle with King Porus. Scholars from China and Europe traveled to study at historic Indian universities like Nalanda and Takshila. 2) The British gradually established political control over India starting in 1757 after the Battle of Plassey. By 1856, British rule was firmly established across large parts of India under Governor-General Lord Dalhousie. 3) Growing resentment against British rule culminated in the major Indian Rebellion of 1857 by Indian soldiers and rulers. The rebellion grew rapidly and posed a serious threat, though the British suppressed it within a year. It marked a major uprising against colonial domination.

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    1) Alexander the Great attempted to conquer India but retreated after a battle with King Porus. Scholars from China and Europe traveled to study at historic Indian universities like Nalanda and Takshila. 2) The British gradually established political control over India starting in 1757 after the Battle of Plassey. By 1856, British rule was firmly established across large parts of India under Governor-General Lord Dalhousie. 3) Growing resentment against British rule culminated in the major Indian Rebellion of 1857 by Indian soldiers and rulers. The rebellion grew rapidly and posed a serious threat, though the British suppressed it within a year. It marked a major uprising against colonial domination.

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    1) Alexander the Great attempted to conquer India but retreated after a battle with King Porus. Scholars from China and Europe traveled to study at historic Indian universities like Nalanda and Takshila. 2) The British gradually established political control over India starting in 1757 after the Battle of Plassey. By 1856, British rule was firmly established across large parts of India under Governor-General Lord Dalhousie. 3) Growing resentment against British rule culminated in the major Indian Rebellion of 1857 by Indian soldiers and rulers. The rebellion grew rapidly and posed a serious threat, though the British suppressed it within a year. It marked a major uprising against colonial domination.

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    1) Alexander the Great attempted to conquer India but retreated after a battle with King Porus. Scholars from China and Europe traveled to study at historic Indian universities like Nalanda and Takshila. 2) The British gradually established political control over India starting in 1757 after the Battle of Plassey. By 1856, British rule was firmly established across large parts of India under Governor-General Lord Dalhousie. 3) Growing resentment against British rule culminated in the major Indian Rebellion of 1857 by Indian soldiers and rulers. The rebellion grew rapidly and posed a serious threat, though the British suppressed it within a year. It marked a major uprising against colonial domination.

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    Freedom fighters

    Alexander the Fantastic way too, arrived to conquer India but went back soon after a battle
    with Porus.

    He-en Tsang arrived from China in pursuit of knowledge and frequented the historic Indian
    universities of Nalanda and Takshila. Columbus was inclined to appear to India, but rather
    landed on the shores of The us. Vasco-da-Gama from Portugal arrived to trade his country's
    goods in barter for Indian species. Also, the French arrived and established their colonies in
    India.

    Lastly, the Britishers came down and ruled above India for virtually 200 years. Quickly, right
    after the fight of Plassey in 1757, the British reached political power in India. Their
    dominance was recognized for the duration of the tenure of Lord Dalhousie, who became the
    Governor- Common in 1848. He occupied Punjab, Peshawar and the Pathan tribes in the
    north-west of India. And by the yr 1856, the British conquest and its authority ended up firmly
    recognized.

    The Indian Mutiny of 1857

    Introduction of the zamindari technique by the British, the place the peasants ended up
    ruined by means of preposterous expenses made from them by the new course of landlords.
    The craftsmen had been ruined by the incursion of the British created merchandise. The faith
    and the caste system which fashioned the stiff foundation of the classic Indian modern
    society were endangered by the British administration. The Indian troopers as effectively as
    people in administration could not rise in hierarchy as the senior positions ended up solely
    reserved for the Europeans. Therefore, there was all-spherical discontent, dissatisfaction and
    disgust towards the British rule, which burst out in a revolt by the sepoys at Meerut whose
    spiritual sentiments ended up snubbed when they had been presented new cartridges
    greased with cow and pig excess fat, whose masking had to be stripped out by biting with the
    mouth ahead of employing them in rifles. The Hindu as effectively as the Muslim soldiers,
    who bluntly refused to use such cartridges, had been arrested which resulted in a revolt by
    their fellow troopers on Might 9, 1857. Comprehensive info about Freedom Fighters
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    The Mutiny of 1857, which started with a revolt of the army troopers at Meerut, before long
    grew to become prevalent and posed a significant obstacle to the British rule. Even although
    the British succeeded in crushing it inside of a 12 months, it definitely turned a popular revolt
    in which the Indian rulers, the masses and participated so enthusiastically that it came to be
    regarded as the First War of Indian Independence.

    The rebel forces soon captured Delhi and the revolt distribute to a broader spot and there
    was uprising in virtually each and every and every part of the country. The most ferocious
    battles were fought in Delhi, Rohilkhand, Bundelkhand, Allahabad, Awadh, Agra, Meerut and
    western Bihar. The Hindus, the Muslims, the Sikhs and all the other brave sons of India
    fought shoulder to shoulder to toss out the British. The revolt was managed by the British
    inside one particular year it started from Meerut on ten May 1857 and ended up in Gwalior on
    twenty June 1858.

    The Wrestle for Freedom

    It commenced with the start of congress. The credit for the start of the Indian Nationwide
    Congress is given to A.O.

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