Anti-Imperialism

Indian Independence

Anti-ImperialismIndias IndependenceNationalist MovementWhy the development of nationalismBritains high taxesRacial and disregarding attitudesWho are the nationalists?Upper-classEnglish-educatedMost from Urban areasIndian National Congress (INC)Called for a share in governing processHad difficultiesHindu vs. MuslimMatilal Nehru new leader of the INCPushed for full independenceMohandas GandhiLawyer, studies in LondonWorked in South Africa (Prepared him)Identifies with religious and traditionalist IndiansBelieved in non-violent protestCall for civil disobedienceRefusal to obey laws considered to be unjustSalt MarchA march to the sea protesting British unjust lawsPreached non-violence and civil disobedience to each villageThousands joined the marchGandhi and INC members were arrestedJawaharial NehruUpper-class and intellectualSecular, western, and modernProblems with the MovementHindu and Muslim hostilitiesMuslimsDissatisfied at Hindu dominance in INCCreated a separate Muslim state Pakistan East and Pakistan West 19471971 East Pakistan became its own country BangladeshFelt government (based in West Pakistan) ignored themGandhi was assassinated during the migration to the two countriesIndia mostly HinduPakistan and Bangladesh mostly Muslim