India's Path to Independence:
Internet Resources



 

                             General Resources

http://www.itihaas.com/modern/index.html
50 years of Independence (Itihaas)

http://www.indiagov.org/culture/history/history8.htm
The Struggle for Independence from Discover India, the official Indian website

http://www.harappa.com/wall/wall.html
A Wall of Movies wtih many newsclips and interviews related to India's independence

http://www.lib.umn.edu/ames-bin/randtxt.pl/stereosc.html
Armchair Travel in India c1900: the Stereoscopic Experience with many photos

http://www.historyofindia.com/quit-ind.html 
quick look at the movement to end British rule in Asia

http://www.historyofindia.com/independ.html 
brief history of India's independence

http://www.historyofindia.com/natmove.html 
National movement for independence

http://www.harappa.com/abida/abida1.html
http://www.harappa.com/abida/abidatext.html
interview with Princess Abida Sultaan, who talks about Jinnah, Mountbatten, Ghandi, Naidu, among others

Check out your topic on a general reference site as well:
http://encarta.msn.com
http://www.britannica.com/



Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhi Institute
http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/

http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/gandhi_0128/
"Gandhi's Legacy of Nonviolence" by A. Adam Glenn -- an ABC News Feature

http://www.nytimes.com/partners/aol/special/india/300119gandhi-profile.html
A Times newspaper article that discusses Gandhi and India's struggle for independence

http://www.gandhiserve.com/
Resource center for nonviolence

http://www.indiagov.org/Gandhi/intro.htm
Mahatma Gandhi: A Retrospective

http://www.indiawatch.org.in/bombaymuseum/ahimsa/index2.html
excerpt from Gandhi in Young India, 11.8.1920

http://www.itihaas.com/modern/gandhi-profile.html
profile of Gandhi and his contribution to movement

http://www.rediff.com/freedom/gandhi.htm
"Mission with the Mahatma" vivid account of  Gandhi's march for amity.

http://www.historyofindia.com/gandhi.html 
Gandhi's place in the independence movement 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/archive/walden/gandhi3.shtml
Questions Gandhi's influence and how it affected the movement of independence.



Jawaharlal Nehru

http://www.itihaas.com/modern/nehru-profile.html
profile and history of his involvement in the independence movement

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1947nehru1.html
Nehru's speech on independence

http://www.harappa.com/sounds/nehru.html
"Tryst with Destiny" Speech

http://www.nytimes.com/partners/aol/special/india/640528nehru-tribute.html
A Times newspaper article that presents a look at Nehru's part in the Independence movement
 



Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

http://www.itihaas.com/modern/subhash-profile.html
profile of Bose as a militant leader

http://www.bengalonthenet.com/celeb_profile/subhash_chandra_bose.htm
brief profile

http://bengalonline.sitemarvel.com/login.asp?bengali-greats.html
offers much information Bose as the "true leader of free India"

http://www.geocities.com/~prithvi/netaji.html
offers valuable photos

http://www.rediff.com/freedom/ina.htm
looks back at INA since Bose's death

http://www.tamilnation.org/ideology/bose.htm 
Extensive site on Bose - side bars have good sites, also



Mohammad Ali Jinnah

http://www.pak.gov.pk/public/govt/quaid.htm
Pakistan's official site with history and information about Jinnah, the Father of the nation

http://www.harappa.com/sounds/jinnah.html
speech on establishment of Pakistan

http://www.pak.gov.pk/public/23rd_march/presential_address.htm
Address by Jinnah at Lahore Session of Muslim League, March, 1940

http://www.pak.gov.pk/public/23rd_march/chronology.htm
Timeline on the Establishment of Pakistan



British Official

http://metalab.unc.edu/pha/policy/1942/420311a.html
Churchill's address about India's independence movement

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/churchill3.html
short portion of Churchill's life with indications of where he stood on India's independence

http://www.rediff.com/freedom/13allan1.htm
reflections of Mountbatten's press attache on the partition

http://history1900s.about.com/education/history1900s/library/weekly/aa080997.htm?iam=dp&terms=Mohammed+Iqbal
article about Britain and the Hindu-Muslim conflict

http://www.historyofindia.com/britrule.html 
great for the British impact

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/BrIndia.html 
British involvement in India



Sarojini Naidu

http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/books_bios.html#sarojini_naidu
(biography with some links)

http://www.indiaworld.co.in/open/rec/poetry/bio-saroj.html
bio and poems of naidu

http://www.rediff.com/freedom/19let1.htm
series of letters (go through them all!) from Naidu to various correspondents



Hindu-Muslim Conflict

check also Jinnah sites (above)

 http://www.rediff.com/freedom/iqbal.htm
article about Mohammed Iqbal and the Hindu-Muslim conflict that lead to the establishment of Pakistan

http://history1900s.about.com/education/history1900s/library/weekly/aa080997.htm?iam=dp&terms=Mohammed+Iqbal
article about Britain and the Hindu-Muslim conflict



Economic Impact of Imperialism and Conflict

Check also "British Official" sites (above)

http://www.snu.edu/syllabi/history/s97projects/india/economy.htm 
economic information relating to the British occupancy

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/mainhist.html 
general site touching on most areas
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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