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The  Indian Independence Movement  was a series of activities with the ultimate aim of ending the  British rule in India . The movement spanned a total of 90 years (1857–1947). The first nationalistic  revolutionary movement for Indian independence  emerged from  Bengal .It later took root in the newly formed  Indian National Congress  with prominent moderate leaders seeking only their fundamental right to appear for  Indian Civil Service examinations in British India , as well as more rights (economical 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  triumvirate, and  Aurobindo Ghosh ,  V. O. Chidambaram Pillai . The last stages of the self-rule struggle from the 1920s was characterized by Congress's adoption of  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 's policy of non-violence and civil disobedience,...

Chattrapati Shivaji Maharj was an Indian warrior-king and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji Maharaj carved out an enclave from the declining Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the Maratha Empire. In 1674, Shivaji Maharaj was formally crowned as the chhatrapati (emperor) of his realm at Raigad. Over the course of his life, Shivaji Maharaj engaged in both alliances and hostilities with the Mughal Empire, Sultanate of Golkonda and Sultanate of Bijapur, as well as European colonial powers. Shivaji Maharaj 's military forces expanded the Maratha sphere of influence, capturing and building forts, and forming a Maratha navy. Shivaji Maharaj established a competent and progressive civil rule with well-structured administrative organisations. He revived ancient Hindu political traditions and court conventions and promoted the usage of Marathi and Sanskrit, rather than Persian language, in court and administration. WATCH about Chhtrapati Shiva...