India
India
- 1st World War - 800,000 India soldiers served the British. - 1917- British think India should be self governed. - Lord Balfore promises that India can be free. - 1919 Government of India Act is signed. (India’s freedom will be determined). - 2 Votes in India- Hindu (Largest population) and Muslim vote. - Sikh population is key for Canada. - 1918, Rowlatt Act is passed. Significant. - Amristar (Indian Sharpsville) - Rowlatt Act would Jail Protestors. - Riots break out resulting in 4 Europeans dead. (White life was worth more ten others apparently in the 20th century) - Amritsar- British arrive in armored vehicles and soldiers. - Open fire- 379 people were killed, 1200 wounded. - Mohandas K Ghandi- Mahatma (Great Son). - Wealthy family, could go to school. - Becomes Lawyer, wants to do right by the people. - Found himself in South Africa standing up for Indians. - Helped Indian workers to develop more rights. - 1915, Comes back and realizes that Indians are being treated worse in India. - 1921- Indian National Congress is developed by Ghandi. - Ghandi believes that Britain is the problem. - Makes it his mission to make India and independent state. - Begins campaign of civil disobedience. - 400,000,000 people in India. 200,000 colonial tourists. - Salt Act. All Indians had to buy Salt from British companies. They didn’t. - 1930 Made their own Salt. Led people down to waters edge to make Salt the old fashion way. - Egalitarian Society. Muslims and Hindu need to live together. - Hindus did not want to share power with Muslim minority. - Muslims felt like nothing changed with Ghandi’s rule. Followed Jinnah in own political wing. Post Second World War - Muslims led by Mohammed Jinnah - Hindus led by Nehru. - The most powerful groups fighting for power. - India partitioned in 1948 (granted independence) due to the fact that Britain is broken from the Second World War. - Jinnah and Nehru would meet but couldn’t come up with conclusion. - 1948 passed Pakistan resolution. (Land of Pure). Muslim ruled country. - Partition of India. India is a Hindu country. - 600,000 people are killed during the migration. - Ghost Trains of India. - A Fine Balance- Rohinton Mistry - Ghandi starts Hunger Strikes. - Ghandi was murdered by Hindu Extremist during one of his rallies. - India begins industrial revolution. - India Pakistan relations halt progress. - 1948 war erupts between the nations over the Kashmir. - Pakistan thinks there should be a vote to determine who gains control. - 1968 India are at war again. - India remains neutral throughout cold war. - India receives $9 Billion from the U.S.A. - “India may be leader of neutral nations. - Pakistan trouble. Deals with civil war in 1970. - East Pakistan won election, but West didn’t want to be led by East. - Troops are shuttled through India. - East separates from West and becomes Bangladesh - 1980, Indira Ghandi is elected to power. - Sikh, paid to deal with Population growth. - Sikh population gets hit the hardest. - Sikh from Punjab. Follow spiritual leaders rather then a God. - 27 million world wide. - Khalistan is developed. - Become militant. - Chandigar and Amritsar. - Gold Temple is located in Amritsar. - Start storing weapons in temple. - 1984 Ghandi wants to act and crush the uprising. - Attacks Gold temple with mortar rounds. - Hundreds of people were killed. - Body guards were Sikh. - Her Body- guards open fired and killed her. - Thousands of Sikhs were beaten in the streets. |
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Three words Poverty, Sterilized, corrupt. Two Questions What would India look like today if Ghandi had not been born into a wealthy family? What would India look like today if the British hadn't have granted them independence? One Metaphor An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. |