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“Satyagraha” Truth-Force
• The MAHATMA:
•Gandhi’s goals:
•1. Equality w/t British
•Later became
Independence from the
British
•2. Hindu-Muslim unity, thus
•NO division o/t country
into India for Hindus and
Pakistan for Muslims
•3. End to Untouchability
Indian National Congress (INC)
?
Muslim League
Civil Disobedience
Not obeying an unjust law?
Peaceful protest in favor
of freedom and justice
often provokes violence
from the oppressor. This
reinforces the injustice in
the eyes of the public and
the world.
Amritsar Massacre
379 dead and over 1,500 wounded
Salt March
Why so significant?
HOMESPUN
What are these women doing? And
Why?
•Britain outlawed LOOMING :
•Many people starved to death,
why?
Jawaharlal Nehru
• Leader o/t INC
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• Leader of the Muslim League
Partition of South Asia
Why?
Agree/Disagree?
What was the
“Mass population transfer”?
Indira Gandhi
• 2nd Prime Minister of
India
• Daughter of Nehru
• Assassinated by her
Sikh bodyguards
Rajiv Gandhi
• 3rd Prime Minister of
India
• Son of Indira Gandhi
• Assassinated by
fellow Hindus for his
support of the
Buddhist led gov’t of
Sri Lanka?
The NEHRU Dynasty