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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

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