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    One of the biggest uprisings against British rule, this is also called India's first war of independence. How? So Britishers got swanky new rifles for the Indian sepoys, but Indians were like WTF?! Why? Because the cartridges were apparently greased with cow and pig fat – a double dhamaka combo to offend both Hindus and Muslims. Mangal Pandey, a jawaan, led the 19th Bengal Native Infantry to rebellion and even shot a firang senior. The incident, fuelled by resentment against British governance and harsh land tax laws, sparked a mutiny across the country which lasted for months. 2017 marks the 160th year of the mutiny.

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    Much before Sunny Deol went uprooting hand pumps across the border, the Ghadar Party was planting seeds of rebellion internationally. This was a secular movement led by Sikhs in the US and Canada who mobilised armed support for India's liberation. The party also had a weekly paper called 'The Ghadar', which had a full tadka tagline: Angrezi Raj Ka Dushman – The Enemy of the British Government. The paper was marked by passionate appeals such as "Wanted: Brave soldiers to stir up rebellion in India; Pay: Death; Price: Martyrdom; Pension: Liberty; Field of battle: India". Sadly the movement faded after WW1.

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    Much like the Indian Premier League, this league brought together the who's who of the time (but for freedom and not cricket). The movement lasted from 1916 to 1918 under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. Joseph Baptista, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Annie Besant were other prominent members. The leaders gave dhaansu speeches, and petitioned the British government with the backing of thousands of Indians. The pressure from this group led to the Montague declaration on 20 August 1917, which was the first teeny-tiny step towards including Indians in the British government.

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    This movement is still every Indian's excuse for breaking laws. Gandhi ji launched it in 1920 because of resentment against British actions such as the Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The first "mass movement" saw Indians and Muslims coming together under the banner of Khilafat. There was a large scale boycott of government institutions, foreign goods, and even elections. In 1922, when a police station was set on fire in the name of non-cooperation, Gandhi ji felt that the movement was veering off-course and called it off. He was arrested after a few days.

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    A few revolutionary groups weren't too excited about Gandhi ji's civil disobedience movement and wanted to go 'all guns blazing', literally. The Hindustan Republican Association led by 'kraantikaaris' like Chandrashekhar Azad and Ramprasad Bismil organised an armed revolution to end colonial rule and establish a Federal Republic of the United States of India (USI? Duh!). Their first major act of revolt was the Kakori (read: kebab place) Train Robbery. Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar and Rajguru were aligned with this movement and had an actual blast inside the Central Legislative Assembly. This is Bollywood's favourite movement, with films covering almost all of its turning points.

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    Exactly 2 decades before India's constitution came into effect, the Indian National Congress adopted a resolution declaring Purna Swaraj or Complete Independence as its goal. This demand had, in fact, gained momentum in 1928 when the British government sent a 100% firang commission, headed by Mr Simon, to work on Constitutional reform. Indians did not find this fair or lovely, and they realised that it was time to bid adieu to the British once and for all.

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    After Purna Swaraj, Gandhi ji rubbed more salt in British wounds with the Dandi March. He led a march from his Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to the shores of Dandi to gather salt without paying the compulsory tax. The 24-day-long Salt March pinched the 'Angreji sarkaar' hard as everybody wanted 'desh ka namak'. Hoards of people joined the civil disobedience movement and brought the British raj to the verge of collapse.

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    In 1942, Mahatma Gandhi told Indians what every engineering aspirant is told in coaching institutes, "karo ya maro". The British government was busy with World War 2 and Congress leaders felt it was the right time to strike. Even though most of them were jailed immediately, millions of protestors forced the British government to say, "Beta, humse na ho paayega".

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    In probably one of the deadliest exchange offers ever, Subhash Chandra Bose said, "Tum mujhe khoon do main tumhe aazaadi dunga". Bose built his army to liberate India with the help of ex-prisoners and thousands of civilian volunteers from the Indian migrant population in Malaysia and Burma. People with no military experience – including barristers, traders and plantation workers – joined the INA. The army's most violent confrontation came in 1945, when they were defending Burma with the Japanese. Even though they could not defeat British forces, they managed to capture the hearts of Indians across the world.

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    How far would you go to protest bad food? The Royal Indian Navy started a mutiny, dissatisfied with food given to them and the general living conditions. The mutiny started in Bombay Dock and quickly spread to every naval establishment in the country involving more than 70 ships and 20,000 sailors. Effectively, it told the Britishers to 'Hatt ja taau', and it was supported by Subash Chandra Bose's INA. Naval personnel began calling themselves the "Indian National Navy" and offered left-handed salutes to British officers. Basically, 'Swag Mera Desi' in the pre-Independence era. The revolt was called off after a meeting between the President of the Naval Central Strike Committee and the Congress, following which 476 sailors were dismissed from the Royal Indian Navy.