India

Terms:

Indian National Congress. – The Indian Nation Congress, founded in 1885 in Bombay, was a nationalist group that fought against British rule for freedom. After gaining independence in 1947, the congress was the most successful political party.

Ghandi- Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi helped free India from British rule. He was Indias greatest political leader. He believed in non violence fighting but promised to free his people from British rule. His famous revolt was the salt march. He led a 240 mile march to stop the taxing on salt.

Nehru- Jawaharlal Nehru was a nationalist leader and the first ever prime minister of India. He was against British rule and wanted freedom for India. He followed some of Ghandi’s campaigns but was arrested for the “Quit India” campaign.


 * Muslim League**- was a league that was founded during the British rule of India. It was a political organization for the Muslims under the British rule. This organization was founded to promote the British government and to make the Muslims more interested in politics, and to advance loyalties in the British Government.


 * Mohammed Ali Jinnah**- at first he was a Muslim who helped the Hindu people fight against British Rule, then he decided that he wanted a separate Muslim State (Pakistan). In the beginning of his life he was a lawyer who acted like an Englishman: he dressed like one, he had English manners, and he spoke like an Englishmen. He got a more public role when he joined the colonial governments Imperial Legislative Council. He joined the Muslim League, which wanted more rights for Muslim people. He later on became the leader of the Muslim League.


 * Deforestation**- this is literally when the forests loose trees and loose them so fast that they can’t grow trees to replenish the forest. This happened in India during the British Colonization, because of the rapid expansion of agriculture. They cut down the forests because they needed the trees for raw materials and then they were shipped. For example, the Indian markets needed the plywood.

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Jawaharlal Nehru." //Encyclopedia of Asian History//. 4 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. [|http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/]