Nationalism in India

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Nationalism in India Gandhi

• Global II Spiconardi

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What happened when we were last in India?
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Conditions in India

• Nearly 1 million Indians served in World War I
• For this military service, Britain promised
  reforms that would lead to Indias eventual
  independence
• After WWI, Britain did not fulfill its promise
• In fact, Britain increased control over India
• The Rowlatt Act
• Protestors of British policy could be jailed for
  2 years without a trial
• Denial of a trial by jury violates individual
  rights

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Amritsar Massacre

• Hindus Muslims come together to protest the
  Rowlatt Act.
• Amritsar officials had passed a ban on public
  meetings unknown to its residents
• British fire on unarmed Indians for violating ban
  on public meetings

• Shooting lasts 10 minutes straight
• 400-1000 killed (depends on source)
• 1800 wounded

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Gandhi

• Quotes
• An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole
  world blind.
• Be the change that you want to see in the
  world.
• I believe that a man is the strongest soldier
  for daring to die unarmed.
• I like your Christ, I do not like your
  Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your
  Christ.
• It is any day better to stand erect with a
  broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's
  belly, in order to be able to save one's head.

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Gandhi

• Methods
• Civil Disobedience ? Refusing to obey an unjust
  law
• Passive Resistance ? to secure rights without
  using violence the opposite of achieving goals
  by using force