India: Nationalism/Independence DT#1 Re-Performance Lesson

Nationalism

and

India's Independence

Southern and Eastern Asia Discovery Ticket #1

Re-Performance Lesson

•Great Britain took complete authority over the colony and denied Indians any role in the government of their nation.

•Indians were treated as second-class citizens in their own country.

•There was inequality under British laws.

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​Colonialization

of

India

•Indians also faced discrimination and unjust treatment in British society.

•The best jobs and schools were only available to the British.

•Indians were also taxed heavily by the British on goods that were found in their own country.

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​Colonial Life in India

•In the 1800s, a feeling of nationalism grew in India.

•Nationalism is a belief that people should be loyal to those with whom they share common history and customs.

•The first two groups to work for the rights of Indians were the Indian National Congress in 1885 and the Muslim League in 1906.

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​Nationalism

•Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in India on October 2nd, 1869 and studied law in England.

•After practicing law in South Africa during Apartheid, he returned to India in 1914 with a determination that people should be treated equally, no matter their race or religion.

•He was shocked by the way Indians were segregated and oppressed by British authorities.

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​Gandhi

•Gandhi developed what he called a “system of civil disobedience” and believed that it would make the world recognize the injustice in India and force change without using violence.

•He believed that acts of goodness produced positive reactions while violence only produced negative ones.

•Gandhi led his followers in economic boycotts, hunger strikes, and nonviolent protests to oppose the unfair treatment of Indians.

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​Nonviolence

Multiple Choice

What political group gave Indians a voice against discrimination?

• African National Congress

• British Raj

• Indian National Congress

• Indian Democratic People's Party

Multiple Choice

Which strategy was not used by Gandhi?

• Non-Violent Protest

• Hunger Strikes

• Guerilla Warfare

• Boycotts

•In 1930, Gandhi led a 240-mile march to the ocean to oppose a British tax on salt.

•Guards responded by clubbing and beating thousands of the peaceful protestors.

•News of this event spread worldwide and people around the world began to call for the British to grant Indian independence.

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​Salt March

•After fighting in WWII, Britain no longer had enough money or people to keep India under its control.

•Great Britain finally agreed to give up their colonial claims to India.

•On August 15, 1947, the Republic of India was established.

•Today, many Indians credit India’s independence to the efforts of Gandhi.

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​Independence

•Even though India had won its independence, things were not peaceful in the country.

•Hindus and Muslims could not reach a solution as to how to rule an independent India.

•Eventually, the country was split into India for the Hindus and Pakistan for the Muslims.

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​India Partitioned

Multiple Choice

How did the British react to the Salt March?

• The finally saw reason and stopped discriminating against Indians.

• The British went on a hunger strike.

• They decided not to do anything because they didn't want bad press in the international news.

• They beat, killed, and arrested tens of thousands of Indians.

Multiple Choice

What occurred in 1947?

• Gandhi led a non-violent protest.

• The Indian National Congress was formed.

• India gained their independence.

• The Mauryan Empire was created.

Multiple Choice

Due to ______________________, India became partitioned after they gained independence.

• the British Crown wanting to maintain control

• Gandhi's continued protesting

• the creation of the Indian National Congress

• division along religious lines