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    The document provides background information on India's path to independence, including key events and figures. It is organized into sections on: 1) British reforms like the 1909 India Councils Act and the 1919 Government of India Act that gradually increased Indian self-governance. 2) Mohandas Gandhi's role, including his Salt March campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience that drew international attention. 3) The Quit India Movement during World War II that aimed to end British rule. 4) India's partition in 1947 that created the separate countries of India and Pakistan and displaced over 10 million people.

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    The document provides background information on India's path to independence, including key events and figures. It is organized into sections on: 1) British reforms like the 1909 India Councils Act and the 1919 Government of India Act that gradually increased Indian self-governance. 2) Mohandas Gandhi's role, including his Salt March campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience that drew international attention. 3) The Quit India Movement during World War II that aimed to end British rule. 4) India's partition in 1947 that created the separate countries of India and Pakistan and displaced over 10 million people.

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    Essential Question: How Was India Able To Achieve Independence?

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    Essential Question: How was India

    able to achieve independence?


    Task:
    (1) You will have 7 minutes to read your specific group
    section and answer the corresponding questions
    (2)Prepare to present this information to the class (one
    person will type, the rest will present)

    Roles:
    1909 India Councils Act _____________(p.11)
    1919 Govt. of India Act ____________(p.13-15)
    Background on Gandhi_____________(handout)
    1920 Gandhi __________(p.13-15)
    1922 Muslim League _________(p.15,17)
    1939 WWII ______________ (p.20-21)
    1945 New Constitution & Decolonization (p.12)
    Govt. of India Act of 1919: We need soldiers to help us
    win WW1, so we will give you some freedom
    • 1869-1947
    • Educated in Britain to become a lawyer
    • Could not get job so moved to South Africa
    • Began to fight against APARTHEID,
    witnessed widespread jailing of political
    protestors
    • Took these ideas back to India

    Mohandas Gandhi
    Gandhi Salt March
    Walked 241 miles in 24 days. 60,000 arrests and widespread assault led to
    international condemnation of the British!
    Making salt illegally
    Gandhi Quotes “An eye for an eye only
    “A coward is incapable of ends up making the
    exhibiting love; it is the whole world blind.”
    prerogative of the brave.”
    “Always aim at complete harmony of thought and
    word and deed. Always aim at purifying your
    thoughts and everything will be well.”
    “I object to violence because when it appears
    to do good, the good is only temporary; the
    evil it does is permanent.” “ Non-violence and truth are
    inseparable and presuppose one
    another.”

    Philosophy:
    peace, love, truth, mass appeal
    Quit India Movement
    (during WW2)
    Why?
    • Blamed Gandhi for Partition
    • Godse: Gandhi was a hypocrite. Even after the massacre of the Hindus by the
    Muslims, he was happy. The more the massacres of the Hindus, the taller his flag
    of secularism.

    Gandhi Assassinated by a Hindu


    extremist
    Evaluate: How effective
    was Gandhi as a leader?

    Consider….
    Character
    Philosophy
    Tactics
    Partition
    1) What new countries
    were formed from India
    at independence?
    2) What states were not
    included in he partition
    plan?
    3) What seems to be
    happening between the • Problems?
    different countries?
    4) Why might people leave
    their homes?
    • Problems?

    Partition: 1947, when India was torn apart into India


    (Secular, for Hindus+Sikhs) and Pakistan (for Muslims)
    10 million people
    uprooted
    What differences in resources do you see?
    How will this affect each country?

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