Editing Home rule (section)

== India ==
{{Main|Indian Home Rule movement}}

Several nationalist leaders banded together in 1916 under the leadership of [[Annie Besant]] to voice a demand for self-government, and to obtain the status of a [[British Dominions|dominion]] within the [[British Empire]] as enjoyed by Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] at the time.

While enjoying considerable popularity for some years, its growth and activity were stalled by the rise of [[Mohandas Gandhi]] and his ''[[satyagraha]]'' art of revolution: [[non-violence|non-violent]], but mass-based [[civil disobedience]], aimed at complete independence. Nonetheless, when Indian independence came in 1947, the new state was the [[Dominion of India]]. After three years, the [[First Nehru ministry|Nehru Government]] ushered through the permanent [[Constitution of India]] creating a republic.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}