In India the struggle to achieve Independence form British lasted a long time and took many shapes and forms. It can be roughly divided into two phases. The first phase was an armed struggle, somewhat disjointed, proceeding in fits and start, and ending with the uprising of 1857, which was a disaster for the Indians as a whole and for the Muslims in particular.
This brought an inglorious end of the long established Mughal Empire in India. It also established British rule over the whole of the subcontinent and brought to ruin the Muslim nobility and its middle classes.
The second phase gave birth to a movement for independence; partly constitutional, partly illegal, clandestine and violent. This struggle took a good part of hundred years & ultimately resulted not only in independence but also in partition.