This April 2022 episode of Dan Snow's History Hit podcast explores the political ideologies that sparked the movement for India's independence, as well as the British response to it.

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was perhaps the most astonishing anti-imperial rebellion of the 19th century.

The British saw much violence and bloodshed during the Indian Mutiny, but this wasn't the act that secured independence.

India gained freedom less than a century later, tasked with creating a new nation amid hatred and violence.

It was only thanks to Mahatma Gandhi's peaceful influence that the nation was able to be built.

This is an April 2022 episode of Dan Snow's History Hit podcast.

The show explores the most exciting and important historical events worldwide through interviews with the best historians today.

In this episode, Snow guides us through the events that led to Indian independence and how it affects the country today.

Snow discusses the topic with Shruti Kapila, an associate professor in the faculty of history at the University of Cambridge.