India 12.4Diverse Cultures
British East India Co
Positives: Banning of: SlaveryCaste SystemSatiCreation of Infrastructure
Negatives:Sepoy RebellionColonial positiondeforestation
Cultural tensionBrits and Indians
Indian issues e.g. purdahvs, richness of Indian Culture
Increase in Indian Nationalismbut religious tension
Muslim League
India 15.3
Impact of the Amritsar massacre
GandhiBackground
Ahimsa- nonviolenceCivil disobedience
Goals-independence-end Caste systemuntouchablesboycottsSalt March
video massacre
nonviolent resistance
attack by British
India 19.1
Religious divide Hindu- Majority Muslim - minorityPartitionViolence
HindusMuslimsSikhsKashmir
Sri LankaBuddhist majoritySinhaleseHindu minorityTamil
Nuclear Arms
Pakistan and Al Qaeda
Non Alignment
India 717-718
Change from command to market economy
Increased population
Increase povertyConnection to castes?
Mother Teresa
Women’s rightsUrban vs Rural
