Muslims
Hindus
1948 Jinnah passes the Pakistan Resolution
600,000 people killed traveling from one country to another, Indians against Indians
Ghandi assassinated during hunger strike, by Hindu extremist
1948 India and Pakistan go to war in Kashmir
1965 war erupts again 1969 China
1970, member of East Pakistan wins election, west Pakistan very upset
1970 Bangladesh was made a state
Indira Ghandi, first women power in India, she is an Iron women, very harsh
1980 she has trouble with Sikh population in Punjab,
Sikhs want their own independent state called Khalistan, Indira has prob with this
Amritsar golden temple, She orders them to destroy religious sites, hundreds are killed
Oct 31,1984 her Sikh body guards killed her
India in Cold war wanted to be seen as Neutrality, India has largest democracy
Air India Bombings:
-On June 23 1985 and Air India flight 182 was bombed at an altitude of 31,000 feet and landed in the Atlantic ocean, in Irish airspace. It was the first bombing of a 747 jumbo jet. A total of 329 people were killed, the majority of killed were Canadian citizens of Indian ancestry. Largest mass murder in Canadian history. Some think it may have been Sikh extremists.
Hindus
1948 Jinnah passes the Pakistan Resolution
600,000 people killed traveling from one country to another, Indians against Indians
Ghandi assassinated during hunger strike, by Hindu extremist
1948 India and Pakistan go to war in Kashmir
1965 war erupts again 1969 China
1970, member of East Pakistan wins election, west Pakistan very upset
1970 Bangladesh was made a state
Indira Ghandi, first women power in India, she is an Iron women, very harsh
1980 she has trouble with Sikh population in Punjab,
Sikhs want their own independent state called Khalistan, Indira has prob with this
Amritsar golden temple, She orders them to destroy religious sites, hundreds are killed
Oct 31,1984 her Sikh body guards killed her
India in Cold war wanted to be seen as Neutrality, India has largest democracy
Air India Bombings:
-On June 23 1985 and Air India flight 182 was bombed at an altitude of 31,000 feet and landed in the Atlantic ocean, in Irish airspace. It was the first bombing of a 747 jumbo jet. A total of 329 people were killed, the majority of killed were Canadian citizens of Indian ancestry. Largest mass murder in Canadian history. Some think it may have been Sikh extremists.
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
- Mahatma Gandhi