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IAFS 1000 Nationalism and Independence in South Asia

IAFS 1000 Nationalism and Independence in South Asia. Outline. South Asian nationalism Nehru and Jinnah Partition of India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Statehood in Afghanistan. Jawaharlal Nehru. Devoted to Gandhi Idealistic Pragmatic Charismatic Secular.

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IAFS 1000 Nationalism and Independence in South Asia

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  1. IAFS 1000Nationalism and Independence in South Asia

  2. Outline • South Asian nationalism • Nehru and Jinnah • Partition of India and Pakistan • Kashmir conflict • Statehood in Afghanistan

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru • Devoted to Gandhi • Idealistic • Pragmatic • Charismatic • Secular http://desicolours.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/Gandhi%20to%20Mahatma31.jpg

  4. Rise of the Muslim League • Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Pakistan’s Quaid-i-Azam) • Poor showing in 1937 elections • Took office after INC’s 1939 resignations

  5. Rise of the Muslim League (cont.) • Two-nation theory • Success in 1946 elections = mandate for Pakistan?

  6. 1947 Partition • Mountbatten oversaw partition • ~ 500,000 people killed • ~10 million made refugees • Tens of thousands of women raped, abducted, forcibly married, or murdered

  7. Kashmir • 1948, 1965 wars • 1971 war: secession of East Pakistan, now Bangladesh • 1990s uprising in Indian Kashmir • Changing role for Pakistan Army? http://www.virtualcurriculum.com/N3225/spring2006/inderjit/south_asia_map.jpg

  8. Afghanistan • Rubin on history of internal division • Continuing power struggles • Need to understand lessons of history to avoid repeating mistakes

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