India, Pakistan, & Kashmir Notes
Colonizing Company
British East India Company
Bangladesh's Capital
Dhaka
Strategies Used to Maintain Colonial Control
Divide & Conquer by Exploting Religious Difference b/t Hindus & Muslims=; exploited Hindu Caste Divisions by showing preference for higher castes, used brutal force
Hindu Nationalist Organization
Indian National Congress
Kashmir's Dominant Religion
Islam
Pakistan's Capital
Islamabad
LoC
Line of Control
Term for Europe's Government in the Subcontinent
Raj
Salt March
(1930) Gandhi Walked 10 miles a day to sea to produce their own salt & hurt Britain their own. Many Beaten 6,000 arrested, media caused pressure on British to leave India
Amritsar Massacre
1,500 people in the Indian City of Amristar were killed by British soldiers
Year of Independence
1947
Year of Independence (India)
1947
Year of Independence of Bangladesh
1971
Satyagraha
Combined principle of truth and resistance "truth force" Target Evil w/good, hatred w love, angry w/ Patience, Violence w/ non-violence
Previous Name of Bangladesh
East Pakistan
Impact of Colonization
English Language Christianity Industrialization Modernization Infrastructure Education British Culture Imposed on People Resources Seized Taxed Heavily 2nd Class Citizen
Key Leader of HNO
Gandhi
Caste System
Gandhi Opposed Hindu Caste System & Rename Untouchables as Harijan
Gandhi's Assassination
Gandhi was assassinated by Hindu extremist Naturam Godse
European Colonizer
Great Britain
Pakistani Claims to Kashmir
Has Majority Muslim Population, Promised Referendum has never happened.
Indian Claims to Kashmir
Hindu leader at the time of independence appealed to India for help
Dominant Religion in India
Hinduism
Kashmir Claimed By,
India, Pakistan, China
Dominant Religion Kashmir
Islam
Dominant Religion of Bangladesh
Islam
India's First Prime Minister
Jawharlal Nehru
Key Leader Muslim National Organization
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Pakistan's First President
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muslim Nationalist Organization
Muslim League
Head of India
Narenda Modi
Head of State Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif
India's Capital
New Delhi
Protest Strategies
Non- Violent Civil Disobedience Quit India Campaign British Econ. Attracted Media Attention Day of Silence Hunger Strikes
Head of Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh Independence
Started a Civil war for Independence with India on their side. Eventually, West Pakistan gave up control of East Pakistan, East Pakistan became Bangladesh.
Line of Control (Loc)
This is the temporary border between Indian and Pakistan claims of KAshmir.