January 26, 2021 | Reported By : Ashok Bhan
The Indian self-rule movement was a mass-based movement that
encompassed various sections of society. It also underwent a process of
constant ideological evolution. Although the underlying ideology of the
campaign was anti-colonial, it was supported by a vision of independent
economic development coupled with a secular, democratic, republican, and
civil-libertarian political structure. After the 1930s, the movement took on a
strong socialist orientation. The work of these various movements ultimately
led to the Indian Independence Act 1947, which ended the suzerainty in India,
and the creation of Pakistan. India remained a Dominion of the Crown until 26