india
-England colonizes India in 1763, USA was a British Empire then
-1763 battle of the plains of Abraham in Canada- wolf- a leader died here
-1756 -Germany or persia went to war with France and England joins Persia- France had a strong hold in Canada
-France thought they could meet the english on the fields and later found out they were out numbers. Canada would be on big quebec.
-India was french procession- india becomes english after this battle
-In order for England to use india it needs a place to stop which is why they needed south Africa.
1914 India sends troops to help England in WWI
800,000 soldiers sent to England
1917 Balfour grants Indians independence in the Balfour report
1918 still not free, wanting for change, Britain needs to do something
~Rowlatt act - grants UK all rights in India, suspend the Habeus Corpus
Amritsar- massive protest, 4 Europeans killed, 379 Indian killed
Mohandus K Ghandi
wealthy Indian family
went to school
Lawyer
He went to SA to defend the right of Indians, 2nd class standards at least
left SA 1915, returns to a turmoil-ed India
-Religious tension
Hindus
Muslims
Ghandi has to deal with the English
1919 -Government of India Act
-INC Indian National Congress ~Ghandi is head of it 1921
-Civil disobedience
400,000,000 indians
200,000 "british"
He suggests they do not do what British say because there are more Indians then British
SALT ACT 1930 ~stop purchasing salt from Britain -Salt March, they go make their own salt to protest
Salt March is the symbolic gesture to disobey English
Ghandi is an Egalitarian, means everyone is an Indian and everyone should get along no matter what religion
-Hindus disagree, they are nervous about this, they don't want to loose power
-Muslims don't care, they are oppressed either way, led by Mohamed Jinnah
1935- Act of India is signed
-Grants India independence, with Hindu control
- NEHRU Hindu leader + Jinnah
1939
1947 Bangladesh and Pakistan are included now but are gone
1948- Jinnah- pakistan resolution- india separated on religious borders
-each group tries to leave and got to their areas and are killed in the process- 600,000
-Ghandi goes on a hunger strike- during it Ghandi himself is assassinated in 1948 by a hindu extremist
-India and pakistan go to war in the kashimer
-1969 india goes to war with china
-1970 east Pakistan wins the election and there's a war
-India allows them to pass through cause their going to kill each other.
-1970 first and only women in power- Indira Ghandi comes to power- hard ass- castrates men
-1980- problems start to arise with the Sikh poplin in the punjab- they want their own independent state- Indira crushes them
-Amritsar- orders soldiers to attack and destroy religious artifacts and hundreds are killed
-oct 31. 1984, Indira's body guards kill her
-in the cold war India wanted to be neutral yet was the largest democracy
Air India Bombings:
There was an air India 182 flight from Montreal to Delhi on the 23 June 1985, it was destroyed by a bomb at an altitude of 31,000 feet in the air, and crashed in the Atlantic ocean over Irish territory.A total of 329 people were killed, and the Canadians on the flight were of Indian ancestry. It was the largest mass murder in Canadian history. Some suspect it was a Sikh terrorist conspiracy.
-1763 battle of the plains of Abraham in Canada- wolf- a leader died here
-1756 -Germany or persia went to war with France and England joins Persia- France had a strong hold in Canada
-France thought they could meet the english on the fields and later found out they were out numbers. Canada would be on big quebec.
-India was french procession- india becomes english after this battle
-In order for England to use india it needs a place to stop which is why they needed south Africa.
1914 India sends troops to help England in WWI
800,000 soldiers sent to England
1917 Balfour grants Indians independence in the Balfour report
1918 still not free, wanting for change, Britain needs to do something
~Rowlatt act - grants UK all rights in India, suspend the Habeus Corpus
Amritsar- massive protest, 4 Europeans killed, 379 Indian killed
Mohandus K Ghandi
wealthy Indian family
went to school
Lawyer
He went to SA to defend the right of Indians, 2nd class standards at least
left SA 1915, returns to a turmoil-ed India
-Religious tension
Hindus
Muslims
Ghandi has to deal with the English
1919 -Government of India Act
-INC Indian National Congress ~Ghandi is head of it 1921
-Civil disobedience
400,000,000 indians
200,000 "british"
He suggests they do not do what British say because there are more Indians then British
SALT ACT 1930 ~stop purchasing salt from Britain -Salt March, they go make their own salt to protest
Salt March is the symbolic gesture to disobey English
Ghandi is an Egalitarian, means everyone is an Indian and everyone should get along no matter what religion
-Hindus disagree, they are nervous about this, they don't want to loose power
-Muslims don't care, they are oppressed either way, led by Mohamed Jinnah
1935- Act of India is signed
-Grants India independence, with Hindu control
- NEHRU Hindu leader + Jinnah
1939
1947 Bangladesh and Pakistan are included now but are gone
1948- Jinnah- pakistan resolution- india separated on religious borders
-each group tries to leave and got to their areas and are killed in the process- 600,000
-Ghandi goes on a hunger strike- during it Ghandi himself is assassinated in 1948 by a hindu extremist
-India and pakistan go to war in the kashimer
-1969 india goes to war with china
-1970 east Pakistan wins the election and there's a war
-India allows them to pass through cause their going to kill each other.
-1970 first and only women in power- Indira Ghandi comes to power- hard ass- castrates men
-1980- problems start to arise with the Sikh poplin in the punjab- they want their own independent state- Indira crushes them
-Amritsar- orders soldiers to attack and destroy religious artifacts and hundreds are killed
-oct 31. 1984, Indira's body guards kill her
-in the cold war India wanted to be neutral yet was the largest democracy
Air India Bombings:
There was an air India 182 flight from Montreal to Delhi on the 23 June 1985, it was destroyed by a bomb at an altitude of 31,000 feet in the air, and crashed in the Atlantic ocean over Irish territory.A total of 329 people were killed, and the Canadians on the flight were of Indian ancestry. It was the largest mass murder in Canadian history. Some suspect it was a Sikh terrorist conspiracy.
QUOTES:
"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment."
-Mahatma Gandhi
"Come forward as servants of Islam, organise the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody."
-Muhammad Ali Jinnah
"Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic."
-Indira Gandhi
-Mahatma Gandhi
"Come forward as servants of Islam, organise the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody."
-Muhammad Ali Jinnah
"Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic."
-Indira Gandhi