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South Asia After Empire
India gained its independence from Great Britain, but the
region entered an era of conflict and challenges
India - ReviewWhich country controlled India in the early part of the 20th century?Who was the leader of the Indian independence movement?Which groups were important in the Indian independence movement?What do you think might happen if India gets independence?
Britain demands that Indians fight in WWII
Indians say “NO!”No democracy at home…won’t fight for Britain“Quit India!” campaign to get British to leave
Increasing Indian nationalism
Riots, protests lead to British decision to leave IndiaBritain no longer has the money (after WWII) to spend on India
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India is a free country!
1947…the British leave India“It is a fateful moment for us in India, for all Asia and for the world. A new star rises, the star of freedom in the East, a new hope comes into being, a vision long cherished materializes.” Nehru
India: partitioned into India and Pakistan
255 Hindus and 92 million Muslims live hereMuslims migrate to Pakistan…Hindus migrate to IndiaViolent fightingGandhi heartbroken
Gandhi Assassinated
Hindu nationalist blames Gandhi for partition and for protecting Muslims1948 - shot and killed
War Over Kashmir
Major conflict erupts between India and Pakistan: who controls border area of Kashmir?India given control of Muslim dominated area…Pakistan fights thisWar in 1947-49 and in 1965
India/Pakistan Conflict
Both sides have nuclear weaponsCross-border attacksRecipe for nuclear disaster
India After Independence
World’s largest democracyDuring Cold War refused to side with US or with USSR….a non-aligned nationNehru Prime Minister from 1947-64
Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister
Nehru’s daughter…serves four termsSikhs want independence…She drives them from AmritsarLater assassinated by own Sikh body guards
Indian economy grows!
In 1990s India changes economic philosophy from socialism to capitalismIndian people beginning to lift themselves from poverty
Civil War in Pakistan
East Pakistan and West Pakistan separated by IndiaWest Pakistan controls governmentCivil War in 1971East Pakistan becomes Bangladesh
Bangladesh -Geographic Nightmare
Below sea-levelRipe for floods and earthquakesMay be poorest country on earth