Rights
The beginnings of the Indian Independence Movement can be traced back to the Indian rebellion of 1857. Soldiers fighting for the British East India company's rebelled against British rule. The revolt was harshly defeated creating a sense of injustice amongst the Indian elites. This sense of injustice makes the Indian citizens remember that even though the British took over their land, they still have rights and a voice. This is what Gandhi portrayed through his peaceful rebellions and his quiet battle against the British. The Indian women were being abused by the British women and men. Indian males were being forced to work in the fields where they were prone to many diseases and were victims to blood thirsty insects. The Indians realized their rights when Mahatma Gandhi had invoked a non-cooperation movement.
Responsibilities
Even though the Indians have the rights during the Indian Independence Movement, the British had their own responsibilities and duties, they did not follow any of them. The British came to India at the start of the seventeenth century. This was the time when the British East India Company was established in India to break the Dutch monopoly over spice trade. The British annexed many princely states and formed laws and policies of their own. Slowly but rapidly the entire Indian sub continent came under the British rule. The British passed many acts that were met with dissatisfaction and resentment by the Indians. As a result the Indians formed large groups and revolted against the British. Even though the British had learned the behaviors of the Indians and they had learned how to keep them under England's rule, they had failed to seek out their responsibilities to make India a more culturally and technologically rich place.