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“An eye for an eye will leave the world blind.”
India: Late 1800s-early 1900s
The 200 year old British
rule in India is becoming
extremely
_______________. Most
organized resistance
comes from the
____________class who
have been educated in the
West and have learned
about the European views
of:

Nationalism in India

2 groups emerge as the leaders in the fight
against British rule in India
1.
____________________________ (1885) –
commonly, the “Congress Party”
_________________________ (1906)
2.

World War I & India

Over 1 million Indians enlist in the
British Army to fight the Central
Powers.
The goal is national ___________________
from Britain…either resist or die trying!!
 1918
brings the end of the war and
_______________________ – once
again, the Indian natives are treated like
_______________________.
 Radical nationalist groups form in
response to Britain’s broken promise.
 Due to growing protests, the British pass
the _____________________ in 1919.
Rowlatt Act

Allows the British to

Many protests spring up in
_______________ ( a highly
concentrated area of Indian
veterans from the war live
here)
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In protest of the Rowlatt Act, thousands of Indian
protestors gather in _________________ Punjab for a
peaceful demonstration.
 British General _____________________ will order his
troops to fire on the peaceful crowd.
 (the Indians were unaware of a British ban on
demonstrations)
 ______ Indians killed, __________ wounded

The Amritsar Massacre
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
One of the most famous &
peaceful men in history
 ‘Mahatma’ = ________________
 Leader of the Indian
Independence Movement
 Policy of
_________________________
is suggested by Gandhi in order
to fight unfair British laws

 Gandhi calls
Civil Disobedience
Gandhi develops the
principle of satyagraha or
“truth force”
 Satyagraha is


1920 – The Congress Party
endorsed civil disobedience
as its main tool for gaining
______________________.
on Indians to NOT do the
following:
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The Road to Independence

Gandhi and his followers
will hurt the British
_________________ by
their refusal to purchase
British made goods and
pay taxes.

1930 – Gandhi organized a
demonstration to defy the
much hated _____________.
The Salt Acts forced Indians
to buy only British salt & had
to pay taxes on it.

In 1935 the British will pass the Government of
India Act
-provides:
The Salt March

Gandhi & his followers
walked _______ miles to
the sea in order to make
their own salt (sea water
evaporation) in protest of
the Salt Acts.
 Leads to
the march on a British salt processing
plant. A peaceful protest march leads to the
______________________ of hundreds of
Indian demonstrators.
 The British use clubs with steel tips to beat the
demonstrators and the incident brings
_______________________ to the Indian
Independence movement.
-huge step towards full independence for India
-Raises tensions between Hindus & Muslims…
Why?
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Will they ever get independence?
Britain committed ____________________
to WWII w/o consulting Indian government.
 Desire for independence grows even more.
 Many other colonies worldwide in same
position.
 ___________ made GB rethink imperialism


India divided internally
◦ _________________
◦ _________________ (lived mostly in NW and
NE areas of India)
◦ Many believed 2 India’s needed – Muslim and
Hindu
India

July ______ Britain grants
________________ to India
10 Million people relocated within Indian
subcontinent as a result.
 _______________ violence erupted
 Gandhi intervened to try to protect
Muslims
 Gandhi ___________________ by
Hindu radical

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