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South Asia
Colonization• British colonized India to get access to their
cotton goods, spices, silk & indigo (a plant from which blue dye is made).
Sepoy/Indian Rebellion 1857
• 1st Indian War for independence from British
• Indians angered by British imposing British laws & customs, outlawing many traditional Indian customs.
• Rebellion united the Indians together.
Indian soldier facing execution for protesting the new use of the new rifles smeared with beef & pork grease. Photo
from the movie ”MANGAL PANDEY: THE RISING”
Gandhi (1869-1948)
& Independence• Urged Indians to be peaceful use
non-violent resistance .
• Gandhi & others imprisoned multiple times for protesting.
• 1947 India gained independence from England.
• Amazing! A powerful nation (England) defeated by a peaceful revolution.
Gandhi Bio Video
India/Pakistan Partition• When the British left, they divided India
into 2 parts: – Pakistan: Muslim – India: Hindu
• Fighting began over this new border & the “Kashmir region”.
• Gandhi (78 yrs!) – 5 day hunger strike, stopped the fighting.
• 12 days later, a Hindu man, who disagreed with Gandhi's ideas of peace & tolerance for ALL, shot & killed Gandhi.
The Indian Caste System
Hinduism see religions notes from 1st
semester
• World’s oldest religion.
• More than just a philosophy, is a way of life.
• Hinduism has no founder , no single set of beliefs, no basic religious text (not bound by a single doctrine).
Sikhism see “Religions” notes from 1st semester for detailed information
• Sikhism combines the Muslim belief in one god with
the Hindu belief in karma & reincarnation. • A fast growing religion found in India.
Ganges RiverFor Hindus…
• Holy river
• Expected to bathe in this river at least once in your lifetime.
• washes away your sins.
TAJ MAHALता�ज महल
Built by the ruler Shah Jahan in the 17th Century as a tomb for his wife.
India’s “Green India’s “Green Revolution”Revolution”
1940’s-1970’s1940’s-1970’s
India’s “Green India’s “Green Revolution”Revolution”
1940’s-1970’s1940’s-1970’s GOAL GOAL make make India self-India self-sufficient in food sufficient in food grains.grains.
Introduced Introduced modern science, modern science, technology, technology, fertilizers & fertilizers & irrigation irrigation methods to help methods to help farmers triple farmers triple their crops their crops
• Use of high yielding varieties (HYV) of seeds
• Irrigation
• Use of insecticides and pesticides
• Consolidation of holdings
• Land reforms
• Improved rural infrastructure
• Supply of agricultural credit
• Use of (chemical) fertilizers
• Use of Sprinklers or Drip Irrigation