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The British actually started the chain of events, which led to the independence of India, when they decided to educate the Indians in western fashion with English as the common language. In 1885 the Indians founded the Indian National Congress to campaign for the independence of India. According to Auma Asaf Ali, one of the leaders of the group, "All the leadership had spent their early years in England. They were influenced by British thought, British ideas, that is why our leaders were always telling the British that Mahatma Ghandi is considered the greatest leader to emerge in the anti-colonial struggle and was also educated in Britain. He developed an approach to resistance based on the Hindu philosophy of non-violence. He led a series of non-violent labor strikes, and deliberately violated unjust laws. In 1930 he gained international recognition his March to the Sea, in which hundreds of thousands of followers passively protested the Salt Tax. After the British granted India sovereignty in 1947, the tension between Muslim and Hindus, that British rule had suppressed, broke out in full force bringing about the partition of India with the formation of Pakistan. In China on the other hand resistance was not so peaceful.
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The Boxer Rebellion erupted during the 20th century killing over 30,000 Chinese Christians and 200 Christian missionaries. In was led by the anti-Manchu, anti-Christian and anti-European Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, known as the Boxers. They goal was to drive foreigners out of China using guerilla warfare. They slaughtered any Christian missionaries they found and seized foreign embassies. The Manchu government was unable to put down the rebellion, so foreign forces intervened, further humiliating the Manchu Dynasty.
China and India reacted very differently to British imperialism because of the nature of imperialism in each region. China experienced violent rebellions, most of them directed against the Chinese government rather than the foreign powers because the European "spheres of influence" did not actually replace their government. India on the other hand was a true British colony and gained its independence through passive resistance directed against the British.
The Boxer Rebellion erupted during the 20th century killing over 30,000 Chinese Christians and 200 Christian missionaries. In was led by the anti-Manchu, anti-Christian and anti-European Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, known as the Boxers. They goal was to drive foreigners out of China using guerilla warfare. They slaughtered any Christian missionaries they found and seized foreign embassies. The Manchu government was unable to put down the rebellion, so foreign forces intervened, further humiliating the Manchu Dynasty.
China and India reacted very differently to British imperialism because of the nature of imperialism in each region. China experienced violent rebellions, most of them directed against the Chinese government rather than the foreign powers because the European "spheres of influence" did not actually replace their government. India on the other hand was a true British colony and gained its independence through passive resistance directed against the British.