[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Mohandas Gandhi and his work to gain independence for India without violence. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Provides a nice timeline to the events of the Mutiny of 1857 along with a list of battles fought during the Mutiny.

This article chronicles the relations between Pakistan and the United States after its independence from Great Britain. Agreements and foreign aid between the two countries are discussed, including the Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement...

A discussion from the University of California of Gandhi's initiation of the noncooperation movement which eventually led to his arrest.

This site profiles many of India's leaders in the India independence movement.

This site contains a biography and a picture of Indira Gandhi.

A detailed and insightful article which examines the colonial rule of the British in India. The author explores the origins, the Indian independence movement, how the British gave up India and more.

Article on the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. With links to related material.

This article details information surrounding the Boston Tea Party in 1773.

The Centre for Peace Studies at McMaster University established the Mahatma Gandhi Lecture series to promote the values of nonviolent resistance. Most of the speeches, all by prominent activists and leaders, are available here.

This story focuses on a woman living in India during the period after India gained colonial independence from Britain. Read about this woman and others in novel, their struggles and aspirations. This site contains a thorough analysis of...

This site is a biography of Bengali poet, novelist, educator, and an early advocate of Independence for India, Rabindranath Tagore. It includes quotations, and links to further information.

The attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 is compared to Mohandas Gandhi's response to oppression of Indians in South Africa on September 11, 1906. On that day, he led a nonviolent protest against the Natal Government to...

A biography of Pandit Motilal Nehru and his fight for the independence of India.

A map from 1919 of Asia showing the political boundaries at the time. This map shows the extent of the Russian and Ottoman empires in Asia, the British possessions of India, Straits Settlements on the Malay Peninsula, northern Borneo,...

A map of eastern North America illustrating the Conquest of Canada and the War of Independence (1757-1783). The map shows major cities of the time, major river ways, topography and political boundaries. The map is color-coded to show the...