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Raj = Rule
Effects of the British in India:
- Disease & Famine
- Culture & Language
- Violence
- Partition & War
- Economic & Human Development
Religious Division= Physical Division
- Muslim
- Hindu
Continued Violence
- Gandhi killed (1948 - by a fellow Hindu)
- Migration
- Border disputes Kashmir
http://www.gapminder.org/
http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/IND.html
India Today:
- 1,189,172,906 (July 2011 est.) (2nd)
- 8.3% economic growth rate (GDP) (10th)
- $3,400 per capita GDP (163rd)
- Other concerns
- Inflation
- Infrastructure
- Education
- Gender inequality
- Leader of Indian Independence Movement
- Used Civil Disobedience - Nonviolence
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
By 2025 - India is projected to be the most populous country in the world surpassing even China.
Mahatma - Sanskrit "Great Soul"
Beginnings:
- Imperialism - British East India Company
- Advanced Technologies:
- Steam-powered gun-boats
- Machine guns
- Mughal Empire in decline - interior expansion
- Sepoy Mutiny
- Result: British Government rules directly
British Raj
Culture & Language
- Religion
- Clothing
- Language
Violence & War
Amritsar Massacre 1919
Jallianwala Bagh
'I think it quite possible that I could have dispersed the crowd without firing but they would have come back again and laughed, and I would have made, what I consider, a fool of myself.'' ......Dyer's response to the Hunter Commission Enquiry
Review:
- What are some of the challenges facing India today?
- What role did the British Raj play in those challenges if any?
- What is necessary for a happy life?
- What is necessary for a happy and stable country?
Are they the same?
Disease & Famine
- Famine
- Cholera
- Venereal Diseases
- Berberi
War, Partition & War
Language & Clothes
- English is introduced & expected
- Dress - Westernized
- Loss of Hindu culture & tradition
Union of India - Republic of India
- India fights for Britain in WWII
- No independence at home
- Nationalist movement grows
- Gandhi pushes "Quit India" movement
- Colonial rule ended in 1947
- With division
Dominion of Pakistan - Republic of Pakistan
RESULTS
People's Republic of Bangladesh