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MODERN INDIA

HWH UNIT 13 CHAPTER 19.1. MODERN INDIA. 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. British Occupation, 1765-1947.

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MODERN INDIA

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  1. HWH UNIT 13 CHAPTER 19.1 MODERN INDIA

  2. 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 British Occupation, 1765-1947

  3. 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 India after world war one

  4. Educated as a lawyer in England • Fought for civil rights for Indians in South Africa • Civil disobedience and Non-Violence Mohandas k. gandhi (1869-1948)

  5. Boycotts • The Spinning Wheel • The Salt March (1930) Gandhi’s civil disobedience Indian Flag, 1931

  6. 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 After wwii

  7. Gandhi assassinated, 1948

  8. Kashmir Wars, 1965, 1971, 1999 Nuclear Weapons 2008 Mumbai attack Tension: India and Pakistan

  9. East Pakistan becomes Bangladesh (1971) Military coups and dictatorships Tension within Pakistan

  10. 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

  11. Indira Gandhi (prime minister 1966-1984) • Sikh uprising in Punjab • The Golden Temple • Assassinated, 1984 India after Partition

  12. Rajiv Gandhi (PM, 1984-1989) • Son of Indira Gandhi • Assassinated • Tamil terrorist from Sri Lanka India After Partition

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