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Independence
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Indian Nationalism Grievances Armistar Massacre Muslim League Muhammad Ali Jinnah Indian National Congress Gandhi
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Discrimination in South Africa How would the caste system be a problem for promoting independence? Organized all classes/division
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Gandhi’s Appeal Stressed Indian Heritage Denounced the Caste System United Hindus and Muslims What made Gandhi appealing to Indians ?
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Satyagraha or “Truth Force” What is Satyagraha? Where in history or religions would Gandhi be influenced from?
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"Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man."
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Civil Disobedience What strategies did Gandhi use?
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Salt March
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Muslim League Why would Muslims be afraid of Hindus after Independence? Muhammad Ali Jinnah Wanted two Nations
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Freedom INDIAN INDEPENDENCE ACT, 1947 Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. (1) As from the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, two independent Dominions shall be set up in India, to be known respectively as India and Pakistan.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore Gandhi at our own risk.”
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What were the two independence movements? What were problems that Gandhi faced? What is Satyagraha?
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The End
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