Title: India
1 India
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2In 1939, World War II broke out in Europe
3In their fight against the Germans the English
were helped by India
4The British empire began to fall apart at the
end of the war (WWII)
5Nationalism the right to have ones own nation.
- and a feeling of pride in ones nation
6Nationalism was spreading on the continents of
7The people in these areas of the world were
demanding
- the right to rule their own countries.
8The English were kept from getting out of India
sooner
- the struggle between the Hindus and Muslims
9The plan to take part of India and create a new
country for the Muslims was called
10The new country would be calledPakistan
11Pakistan was divided into East and West
12The Hindus moved south and the Muslims moved
north
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15To draw attention to the fact that the killings
of Hindus and Muslims must stop, Gandhi fasted
16Gandhi was shot and killed(as an old man)
17India
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18Gandhi believed Nehru (his friend) would be a
good government leader
19The leader of the Indian government is called a
20A government that allows the states to have
certain powers is called
21The government that holds the states together is
called the central government
22The guide that says how the Indian government
will work is called
23The people elect representatives to speak for
them and to pass laws.
24The groups which work together to try and solve
the problems of a country are political parties
- http//www.indian-elections.com/partyprofiles/
25The Prime Minister is picked
- by political party with a majority.
26Though India is a poor country, it allows its
people the right to vote
27The central government meets inNew Delhi
28The government officials use English as their
official language
29There are about 14 major languages spoken in India
30India
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31Industrialized countries that can defend
themselves are called
32Two areas of the world who are thought to have
this type of power
- The United States and the Soviet Union
33Two groups that were struggling with each other
since the end of WWII
- communists and non-communists
34Those counties that do not take sides have
remained
35These neutral countries are called the third
world
36Types of counties belonging to the Third World
37How countries relate or get along with each other
is called their
38Part of Indias foreign relations isstaying
neutral
39East Pakistan wantedits own government
- Flag Descriptiongreen with a large red disk
slightly to the hoist side of center the red sun
of freedom represents the blood shed to achieve
independence the green field symbolizes the lush
countryside, and secondarily, the traditional
color of Islam
40In a war between East Pakistan and West Pakistan,
India helped
- East Pakistan
- Dacca, East Pakistan, December 1971. During the
Bangladesh War of Independence, Bengalis rose up
in defiance of the East Pakistan Muslim state.
The Indian army captured East Pakistan towards
the end of 1971, assisted by soldiers of the
Mukti Bahini, the Bengali guerrilla army. During
a celebration rally, victorious Bengalis started
to attack and kill terrified prisoners in full
view of international journalists and
photographers. Some walked away in protest, but
others stayed to record the grisly events
41The new name of East PakistanBangladesh
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