<P> The first organised militant movements were in Bengal , but they later took movement in the newly formed Indian National Congress with prominent moderate leaders seeking only their basic right to appear for Indian Civil Service ( British India ) examinations , as well as more rights , economic in nature , for the people of the soil . The early part of the 20th century saw a more radical approach towards political self - rule proposed by leaders such as the Lal , Bal , Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh , V.O. Chidambaram Pillai . The last stages of the self - rule struggle from the 1920s onwards saw Congress adopt Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 's policy of nonviolence and civil disobedience , and several other campaigns . Nationalists like Subhash Chandra Bose , Bhagat Singh , Bagha Jatin preached armed revolution to achieve self - rule . Poets and writers such as Subramania Bharati , Rabindranath Tagore , Muhammad Iqbal , Josh Malihabadi , Mohammad Ali Jouhar , Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and Kazi Nazrul Islam used literature , poetry and speech as a tool for political awareness . Feminists such as Sarojini Naidu and Begum Rokeya promoted the emancipation of Indian women and their participation in national politics . B.R. Ambedkar championed the cause of the disadvantaged sections of Indian society within the larger self - rule movement . The period of the Second World War saw the peak of the campaigns by the Quit India Movement led by Congress , and the Indian National Army movement led by Subhas Chandra Bose . </P>
<P> The first organised militant movements were in Bengal , but they later took movement in the newly formed Indian National Congress with prominent moderate leaders seeking only their basic right to appear for Indian Civil Service ( British India ) examinations , as well as more rights , economic in nature , for the people of the soil . The early part of the 20th century saw a more radical approach towards political self - rule proposed by leaders such as the Lal , Bal , Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh , V.O. Chidambaram Pillai . The last stages of the self - rule struggle from the 1920s onwards saw Congress adopt Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 's policy of nonviolence and civil disobedience , and several other campaigns . Nationalists like Subhash Chandra Bose , Bhagat Singh , Bagha Jatin preached armed revolution to achieve self - rule . Poets and writers such as Subramania Bharati , Rabindranath Tagore , Muhammad Iqbal , Josh Malihabadi , Mohammad Ali Jouhar , Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and Kazi Nazrul Islam used literature , poetry and speech as a tool for political awareness . Feminists such as Sarojini Naidu and Begum Rokeya promoted the emancipation of Indian women and their participation in national politics . B.R. Ambedkar championed the cause of the disadvantaged sections of Indian society within the larger self - rule movement . The period of the Second World War saw the peak of the campaigns by the Quit India Movement led by Congress , and the Indian National Army movement led by Subhas Chandra Bose . </P>
where did the indian independence movement take place
where did the indian independence movement take place
Bengal Indian National Congress
Bengal Indian National Congress