A Free India

In the 1940s the Free India movement was growing in India and becoming more powerful through communication and non-violence. The British hoped that the movement would just blow over, but as World War II went on, the British needed more support, so they put the Indians into the war. Gandhi was not happy about Britain forcing India into a war, where many would perish. So he started the ‘Quit India’ movement in 1942, so he, his wife Kasturba, and other leaders of congress, marched in the streets demanding to ‘Quit India’ along with thousands of more protesters.

On midnight of August 14-15, 1947, the British and the Indian government signed the Partition of India, in order to end British rule. Underneath the influence of Muhammed Ali Jinnah, India was divided into two different countries, India and Pakistan. Hindus were to live in India and Muslims were to live in Pakistan, so millions of Indians left their homes and moved. What should’ve been a joyful victory of Independence of India was stained by the violence between the Hindus and the Muslims, thousands among thousands were killed in those dark days and nights, an estimated 200,000 to 2 million fatalities. Gandhi fasted in hopes that the violence would stop, it began to fade, and stopped, but Gandhi was incredibly weak when he ended his fast.