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BRITISH OCCUPATION, 1765-1947
Review British East India Company Sepy Rebellion The “Jewel in the Crown”
The Indian National Congress (Congress Party) Mostly Hindu Formed in 1885
The Muslim League Muhammad Ali Jinnah Formed in 1906
INDIA AFTER WORLD WAR ONE
No self determination after Versailles The Rowlatt Acts (1919)
Protesters could be jailed without trial The Amritsar Massacre (1919)
Emergence of Indian Nationalism India for Indians
Problem: India is very diverse
MOHANDAS K. GANDHI (1869-1948)
Educated as a lawyer in England
Fought for civil rights for Indians in South Africa Civil disobedience
and Non-Violence
AFTER WWII
Britain can’t afford its colonies
Self Rule, 1947 Ethnic conflict Partition
Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (1889-1964)
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, first leader of Pakistan (1874-1948)
Nearly 1 million die during partition
INDIA AFTER PARTITION
Non-Aligned during the cold war World’s largest democracy 90% are poor 200,000,000 lack clean drinking water Exploding economy Ethnic tensions
BJP
INDIA AFTER PARTITION
Indira Gandhi (prime minister 1966-1984) Sikh uprising in Punjab The Golden Temple Assassinated, 1984