MODERN INDIA
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MODERN INDIA
HWH UNIT 13CHAPTER 19.1
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
GANDHI’S CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Boycotts
The Spinning Wheel The Salt March
(1930)
Indian Flag, 1931
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
GANDHI ASSASSINATED, 1948
TENSION: INDIA AND PAKISTAN Kashmir Wars, 1965, 1971,
1999 Nuclear Weapons 2008 Mumbai
attack
TENSION WITHIN PAKISTAN East Pakistan
becomes Bangladesh (1971)
Military coups and dictatorships
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
INDIA AFTER PARTITION Rajiv Gandhi (PM, 1984-
1989) Son of Indira Gandhi Assassinated
Tamil terrorist from Sri Lanka