Rowlatt Act ______– Once  Allows the British to Again, the Indian Natives Are Treated Like ______

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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 Nationalism in India of:

 2 groups emerge as the leaders in the fight World War I & India against British rule in India

 Over 1 million Indians enlist in the 1. ______(1885) – British Army to fight the Central commonly, the “Congress Party” Powers. 2. ______(1906)

 The goal is national ______from Britain…either resist or die trying!!

 1918 brings the end of the war and Rowlatt Act ______– once  Allows the British to again, the Indian natives are treated like ______.  Radical nationalist groups form in response to Britain’s broken promise.  Many protests spring up in ______( a highly  Due to growing protests, the British pass concentrated area of Indian the ______in 1919. 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) Civil Disobedience

 One of the most famous &  Gandhi develops the peaceful men in history principle of satyagraha or “truth force”  ‘Mahatma’ = ______ Satyagraha is  Leader of the Indian Independence Movement  Policy of ______ 1920 – The Congress Party is suggested by Gandhi in order endorsed civil disobedience to fight unfair British laws as its main tool for gaining ______.

 Gandhi calls on Indians to NOT do the following:

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The Road to Independence

 Gandhi and his followers  1930 – Gandhi organized a will hurt the British demonstration to defy the ______by much hated ______. their refusal to purchase The Salt Acts forced Indians British made goods and to buy only British salt & had pay taxes. to pay taxes on it.

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  In 1935 the British will pass the Government of India Act plant. A peaceful protest march leads to the -provides: ______of hundreds of Indian demonstrators.  The British use clubs with steel tips to beat the -huge step towards full independence for India demonstrators and the incident brings -Raises tensions between Hindus & Muslims… ______to the Indian Why? Independence movement.

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Will they ever get independence?  India divided internally ◦ ______ Britain committed ______◦ ______(lived mostly in NW and to WWII w/o consulting Indian government. NE areas of India)  Desire for independence grows even more. ◦ Many believed 2 India’s needed – Muslim and  Many other colonies worldwide in same Hindu position.  ______made GB rethink imperialism

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