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1 Gandhi and Indian Independence Bob Kirk, presenter

2 72 met at the first Indian National Congress, 1885 in Bombay

3 1906: Founding of the Muslim League

4 1909: Morley-Minto Reforms Some elected Indians were to sit on provincial councils An increased number of Indians would be appointed to the central council An Indian would be appointed to the viceroy s council his cabinet These reforms were not intended to lead to independence. But they did!

5 Earl of Minto, Governor General of India & Sir John Morley, Secretary of State for India

6 A million Indians fought in World War I

7 Secretary of State for India Edwin Montagu told Commons in 1917 that government policy was to bring more Indians into responsible official positions

8 Woodrow Wilson published his 14 Points in 1917 Wilson called for selfdetermination of peoples. Indians and other colonial peoples seized on his words as justification for becoming independent.

9 Lenin called for world revolution, 1918 If the Russians could sweep away unwanted rulers, maybe Indians could too.

10 12 to 13,000,000 died in India

11 Gen. R.E.H. Dyer ordered troops to fire into a gathering in Amritsar A Muslim mob in Amritsar had killed three Englishmen. Troops fired into a crowd of at least 15,000.

12 1919: British troops killed 379, wounded 1,500 in Amritsar, Punjab. Gandhi initiated non-cooperation.

13 Mohandas K. Gandhi After studying law in England and passing the bar, Gandhi went to South Africa to defend the Indian minority.

14 In South Africa after paying for a 1 st -class ticket, he was ejected from the car for being colored

15 Mohandas K. Gandhi Gandhi wanted to free India from Britain after the Amritsar Massacre. In 1920 he decided to confront the British with a civil disobedience campaign. (He never held an office)

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18 Gandhi s Satyagraha Campaign He asked Indian officials to resign Indians asked not to pay taxes Indians to burn British clothes and weave their own Disobey British order but do not fight back Go to jail willingly if arrested Remove children from government schools The British didn t know how best to respond

19 Salt March miles to the sea

20 Gandhi was jailed For periods between 1920 and 1922, 1930 and 1934, He asked politely for the maximum sentence but was usually released early

21 Gandhi wanted to return to traditional handicrafts & village government

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23 Gandhi in London: Gandhi helped negotiate the India Act of 1935, which gave 11 provinces parliamentary government.

24 The King had enough clothes for both of us, Gandhi reported.

25 1935: Indians shared governance

26 Viceroy s House, Delhi, 1936

27 Now it s the home of India s president

28 Churchill spoke of: This nauseating and humiliating spectacle of this one-time Inner Temple lawyer, now turned seditious fakir, striding half-naked up the steps of the Viceroy s Palace... to parley on equal terms with the representative of the King Emperor.

29 Jawaharlal Nehru, A barrister trained in London. He became the principal leader of Congress. Nehru and Gandhi drew mass support for Indian independence.

30 Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Trained in London as a lawyer. He championed the rights of ¼ of India s population. He led the Muslim League

31 Japan took Burma in 1942 & menaced India. British lost prestige

32 Congress and the Muslim League backed Britain in the war against Germany and Japan As many as two million Indians volunteered

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34 Gandhi wanted Indians to stop cooperating with the British during the war... but Hindus rampaged Through 1500 government buildings, Wrecked 332 railway stations, and Cut telegraph and phone wires. Gandhi was arrested -- again

35 Bose flew to Tokyo & Berlin to get support for Indian independence

36 Churchill I have not become his Majesty s First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.

37 Problems of Indian Independence Winston Churchill wanted to keep India Muslim minority wanted a guarantee of power or else their own nation 565 princes of independent states wanted to preserve their power Nehru and Congress wanted one united India under the rule of democracy (Hindu majority)

38 Clement Atlee The Socialists defeated Churchill in July Atlee was committed to independence for India and hoped India would remain in the Commonwealth.

39 1946 Calcutta Massacre Muslims and Hindus engaged in an orgy of slaughter

40 1946: Fasting to end Bengal violence

41 Lord Louis Mountbatten, The last viceroy was given complete powers for the end of British rule.

42 Louis & Edwina Mountbatten tried to charm Gandhi

43 Nehru, Mountbatten, Ali Jinnah

44 August 15, 1947: Free at last!

45 Pakistan was created in 1947 Pakistan in the west speaks Urdu and Punjabi; in the east, Bengali. The east was more populous. All the two sections had in common was the Muslim religion.

46 Gandhi tried to calm people to minimize bloodshed

47 Sources of friction Punjab, Bengal, and Kashmir were the hottest of the hot spots

48 Bengalis are Hindus and Muslims

49 A neutral British commissioner divided the Punjab as well as Bengal

50 Hindus, Muslims & Sikhs fled their homes

51 1947 EXODUS: 5.5m Hindus to India; 5.8m Muslims to Pakistan

52 Over a quarter million were killed when the Punjab was divided

53 A Hindu maharajah with 80% Muslim majority joined India. Any problems there?

54 The Nizam of Hyderabad held out India had to conquer this large and valuable state

55 India took Hyderabad and later Portuguese and French enclaves

56 January 30, 1948: Gandhi s Assassination

57 This is a riveting tale of the violent last days of the Raj

58 A few of many events French colonies taken 1954; Goa in The Green Revolution begins 1962 Brief Himalayan war with China Tension and fighting with Pakistan over Kashmir India and Pakistan develop nuclear weapons 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal 2k dead Indira and Rajiv Gandhi assassinated 2000 a new millennium and one billion Indians

59 Norman Borlaug father of the Green Revolution

60 India s 7 th largest industry

61 Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv She was assassinated 1984, Rajiv in 1991

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63 High tech park in Bangalore

64 Tech, math & science Ph.D. s are a major export to the U.S.

65 India is still a democracy!

66 Thank you, thank you, Bob

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