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Indian National Congress
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• First national organization of Indians to seek a voice in government
• Western educated individuals • Attempt to gain more influence in British rule • Gandhi joins
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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• Supporter of Gandhi • Protested British policies • Supported independence/democracy • Educated people about India’s issues– Encouraged them to vote
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Mohammed Ali Jinnah
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• United with Hindus initially• Eventually calls for separate Muslim state• Architect of Pakistan’s independence
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Satyagraha
• Describes form of non-violent political resistance
• One of the most successful forms of political activism in modern history
• Combination of Hindu and Christian ideas• Non violence and loving your enemy
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The Amritsar Massacre
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• Turning point in independence movement • British troops open fire on a crowd in walled
garden • Radicalization of nationalism
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The Salt March
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• Tax on salt doubles • Burdened poorest people in India • Gandhi and followers march to sea• Illegally make salt – Arrested, non violence serves as inspiration
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Indian Independence Act of 1947
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• Granted India independence from Britain • Partitioned British India into two separate
states – India and Pakistan
• Religious riots as an effect– Muslims migrate from “would be India”; Hindus
migrate from “would be Pakistan”
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