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Gandhi's Involvement

  • Gandhi was the head of the Indian independence movement up until the under World War 2
  • Used Nonviolent Resistance (Hunger Strikes, Marches, Etc...)
  • Main strategy was to get the people to stop relying on imported goods from Britain

Gandhi's Involvement cont.

British Decolonization Movement Overview

  • Was Nicknamed Mahatma "The Great Souled One"
  • Protested against unjust laws such as the Rowlatt Acts
  • Was one of the few people calling for co-existence with Hindus and Muslims together.

Partition of India Cont.

"The sun never set on the British Empire."

  • After the war ended, a worldwide process occurred in which Britain granted independence to all of it's major colonies: beginning in India
  • Muslim League excluded from discussion of the coalition.
  • Resulted in largest mass migration in history (10-12 million) and death of 200-400 thousand people.
  • Muslim population forced West into Pakistan.

British Decolonization Movement cont.

  • Mahatma Gandhi proceeded to encourage nonviolent protests such as boycotting British companies and institutions.
  • India was in a "state of great tension", forcing Britain to help India attain freedom.

British Decolonization Movement cont.

  • In 1947, India was granted freedom as the two separate states of Pakistan and India
  • Gandhi's movements soon influenced other British colonies in Africa

Partition of India Cont.

  • Muslims encouraged by British to create their own political and cultural identity.
  • India and Pakistan still entangled in conflict.
  • Battle for territory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor-ud-din_Qureshi

http://photos.thenews.com.pk/e_image_detail.asp?picId=55817&catId=2&date=8/13/2012&dd=1&albumId=0

Partition of India

  • Division of the colonial Indian subcontinent in 1947.
  • Pakistan and India established as individual countries.
  • Separation of the Muslim and Hindu faiths.

http://www.incontextministries.org/index.php/8-latest-news/680-55-dead-in-suicide-bomb-attack-on-india-pakistan-border

http://asiasociety.org/policy/strategic-challenges/intra-asia/india-reacts-pakistan-floods

Bibliography

  • http://asianhistory.about.com/od/india/f/partitionofindiafaq.htm
  • http://faculty.washington.edu/brass/Partition.pdf
  • https://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Independent/partition.html
  • http://www.history.com/topics/mahatma-gandhi
  • http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/5/decolonization-and-the-collapse-of-the-british-empire

Gandhi and the Partition

Rachel, Liam, Tia

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