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12 Cards in this Set
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Satyagraha
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nonviolent resistance
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Swaraj
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self rule, controlling your own passions to act violently.
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Gandhi's non-cooperation campaigns
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People would refuse to buy British goods
instead they learned to make things themselves |
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Why the partition of British India?
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Pakistan and India became separate nations
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Kashmir Issue
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Had a predominantly Muslim population, but a Hindu leader.
Pakistan expected Kashmir to be annexed into it. It was held under Dogma rule, but was liberated by Muslim Revolutionaries |
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Problems of Pakistan
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No natural borders dividing Pakistan from India (Rivers, Mountains)
little political experience states were underdeveloped and far from industrialization |
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Nehru and his Policies in India
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Parliamentary democracy-free elections and press
Secular state Economy that emphasized self-sufficiency rights for women Anti-colonial foreign policy |
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Indira Gandhi and her policies
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1st woman to become a prominent world leader
Green Revolution-new pesticides, fertilizers Turned India into a self-sufficient, then surplus in food production |
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Sikh Separatism
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The Sikh religion wanted its own state-Khalistan in Punjab
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Pakistan Civil War and emergence of Bangladesh in 1971
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East Pakistan & India vs. West Pakistan
one of the most violent wars of the 20th century East Pakistan became Bangladesh in 1971 |
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Zia Al-Haq
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6th president of Pakistan
declared Marshall Law (military control over the nation) |
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Tamil/Sinhalese conflict in Sri Lanka
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The Tamil Tigers wanted to create their own state.
26 year war ended in 2009. Sinhalese won |
