India’s Journey Towards Independence: A Visual Tale

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India’s freedom struggle is something we’ve all grown up hearing about. A British colony for nearly two hundred years, India fought long and hard to earn Swaraj (self-rule). Through this visual depiction we wish to retell the story of India’s journey towards freedom like it’s never been done before.

Right from Mangal Pandey and India’s first War of Independence in 1857 to India gaining freedom at the stroke of midnight in August 1947, here are some of the most iconic moments of India’s journey towards independence through:

Delhi

Delhi has been the the epicenter of the nation's politics, economy and culture. It is one of the longest serving capitals and one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world. It all started in the Mughal era and went on till India became an independent Nation in 1947 after a long freedom struggle led largely by The Indian National Congress and its visionary leaders...

Mumbai

Mumbai is a stunning paradox of hope and chaos, magic and madness. Where the changing modernity of India has been experienced most intensely. From Gandhi’s arrival from England in 1915 to the protests against the Simon Commission in 1928, Bombay, now Mumbai, has been home to many key events of the freedom struggle...

Gujarat

From the birth of Mahatma Gandhi in Porbandar to the historic Dandi March of 1930, Gujarat holds a special place in the history of free India. Gandhiji, K.M Munshi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and a lot of other prominent nationalist leaders played an important role in India’s fight for freedom...

Kolkata

From the execution of Mangal Pandey in suburban Barrackpore to the Direct Action Day riots of 1946, Calcutta, now Kolkata, has many stories to tell. It is a city seeped in history, where the old and the new, the past and the present, come together in unexpected ways and create a vibrant culture that manifests itself in the city’s many passions...

Amritsar

Steeped in history, culture and tradition, Amritsar is the holiest abode for Sikhs across the world and welcomes tourists with open arms. You’re welcomed by the bustling streets, the aroma of food cooking in the open-air kitchens and strains of devotional music the moment you step in the bustling by-lanes...

Lucknow

Lucknow is a city of Nawabs and Kebabs, of culture and literature, of history and architecture. It is also the place near which the famous Kakori Train Robbery took place during the Independence Movement, when Chandra Shekhar Azad and his men looted a train carrying money for the British Treasury...

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