The
Indian sub-continent was home to one of the oldest civilization in the world. India has always been the cultural meeting point of East and West. India has been invaded by Aryans, Greeks, Persians, Chinese nomads, Arabs, Portuguese, British and other raiders. India.
The British, through a combination of
direct military expeditions and alliance with the local rulers, has gained control of India through the East India Company in 1769. British rule lasted until 1947. India’s road to freedom was paved by a saintly man named Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi. He was dubbed as mahatma or “Great Soul” by his people. Gandhi led a nonviolent movement that gave India it freedom from the British.
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