Partition of India

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Partition of India

• Friday, 2/13/09

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Before the Partition

• 1920s and 1930s conflict between the Hindu
  Congress party and the Muslim League
• Muslim leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah wanted a
  separate Muslim nation
• Gandhi wanted one united India

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The Partition of 1947

• 1947 British Parliament passed the Indian
  Independence Act
• Ended British rule in India
• Jinnah governor general of Pakistan
• Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India

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Violence after the Partition

• Fear and distrust between Hindus and Muslims
• 500,000 people died
• 15 million people migrated Muslims went to
  Pakistan, Hindus went to India
• Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu extremist on
  1/30/1948

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Indias government

• Parliamentary democracy President is the head of
  state but has little power
• Real power lies within the party that has the
  most seats in parliament
• Federal and state governments (like the USA)
• India worlds largest democracy

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