Indian Independence Day, celebrated on August 15th each year, is a momentous occasion that marks the end of British colonial rule and the birth of the sovereign nation of India in 1947. One of the ...

Khadi, the handspun cloth ... emphasizing that the spirit of self-rule was deeply ingrained in India’s DNA. The British rule was an era of profound loss for India, yet it was also a time ...

He and his friends were followers of Gandhi, and they spent at least 21 years using peaceful methods to resist British rule, until the partition of India in 1947. They bought land together, grew food, ...

they were greeted with khadi scarves, a key symbol of his non-violent resistance campaign that helped win India’s independence from British colonial rule. Modi was seen draping the handwoven ...

Come British rule and following the Industrial Revolution ... as sharply and instinctively as Mahatma Gandhi, who chose khadi as his non-violent tool to advance the cause of India’s freedom.

British colonial rule in India lasted for approximately 190 years. The British used a “divide and rule” strategy to instigate people against each other so that they could rule the country ...

When millions of people died of famine in India under British rule, is it appropriate to ask our pupils to weigh this statistic up against the fact that the British built railways? At the academy ...