Mohandas Gandhi and India

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Mohandas Gandhi and India

• Britain controlled India since mid-18th century
• India was divided politically, ethnically, and
  religiously?gave Britain the power to keep control

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Indian nationalism

• After WWI, Hindus and Muslims organized
  nationalist movements
• New leaders emerged
• Gandhi studied law in Britain and embraced the
  idea of passive resistance

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Gandhis actions

• Insisted on religious tolerance amongst Indian
  people
• During WWII, Gandhi insisted Britain leave India
  and Britain could not control it anymore
• After Britain withdrew in 1947, sectarian warfare
  erupted between Hindus and Muslims
• Gandhi killed by Hindu extremist in 1948

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Results in India

• India split?Pakistan (Muslims) and India (Hindus)
• Was the path of decolonization to fast for India?