List of Indian independence movements

This is a list of movements, protests and armed uprisings against the British Empire or its policies during the Indian independence movement.

For the history of Indian independence movement, see Indian independence movement.

List

Name Belligerents British and Allies Result Casualties
Indian Rebellion of 1857

(1857–1858)

 Mughal Empire

Jhansi State Sepoys

  United Kingdom British Victory 6,000 British dead.[1]

800,0000 and more Indians dead due to combat and war related famine.[1]

Munda Rebellion

(1899–1900)

 Birsa Munda and tribals  India British Victory Unknown
Champaran Satyagraha

(1917)

 Gandhi and farmers  India

Planters

 Planters to reimburse the peasants 25% of unlawfully collected funds. No casualties
Non-cooperation movement

(1919–1922)

 Indian nationalists  India See Aftermath Chauri Chaura incident:
Salt March and Civil Disobedience

(1929–1931)

 Indian nationalists  India See Impact Protestors:
  • Over 60,000 Indians jailed for breaking the Salt Law.

Qissa Khwani massacre:

  • 20 demonstrators killed (British claim)
  • 400 demonstrators killed (Local sources)
Quit India Movement

(1942–1945)

 Indian nationalists United Kingdom

Supported by:

 See Result of the movement British:
  • 63 officers killed
  • 2,000 officers wounded
  • 200 officers fled or defected

Indian nationalists:

  • 1,028 killed (British estimates)
  • 4,000-10,0000 killed (Congress estimates)
  • 3,125 wounded
  • Over 100,000 arrested
Axis collaborators in World War II

(1943–1945)

 Axis

 Japan

 Germany

 Italy

 Allies

United Kingdom

 British and Allies Victory Azad Hind and the Indian National Army:
  • 2,615 dead and missing.[4]
Royal Indian Navy mutiny

(1946)

 Royal Indian Navy Mutineers  India Bloodless Conflict
  • Mutineers surrender to British authorities.
 No casualties

References

  1. 1 2 Peers, Douglas M. (5 November 2013). India under Colonial Rule: 1700-1885. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-88286-2.
  2. ↑ Vipul, Singh (September 2009). Longman History & Civics Icse 10. Pearson Education India. ISBN 978-81-317-2042-4.
  3. ↑ Damodaran, Pradeep (10 September 2024). "Chauri Chaura freedom fighters' families got a memorial in 1982—getting pension was much harder". ThePrint. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Warfare and armed conflicts: a statistical reference to casualty and other figures, 1500-2000". Choice Reviews Online. 40 (1): 40–0037–40-0037. 1 September 2002. doi:10.5860/choice.40-0037 (inactive 6 September 2025). ISSN 0009-4978.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of September 2025 (link)
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