Decolonization Chart.pdf - Region: South Asia India and...

Region: South Asia (India and Pakistan) Chapters 28 (661) and Chapter 30 (722-723)
● ended the accommodation between the Indian National Congress and the British
● Indians want conditions: If the Indians fight for the British during World War II they will
receive power to rule
● Quit India movement begins-Civil Disobedience campaigns
● Muslim league is formed to push for an Islamic country in South Asia
● 1947-2 state solution (Pakistan and India are formed). 1 for Hindus and 1 for Muslims
● Partition of South Asia causes riots between religious groups
● Leaders: Mohandas Gandhi-Civil Disobedience (assassinated in 1948), Jawa
Nehru-Prime Minister of India,Muhammad Jinnah-represented of the Muslims becomes
prime minister of Pakistan
● INSPIRES OTHERS TO SEEK INDEPENDENCE
Region: Middle East (Palestine and Israel) . Chapter 28 (663-665) and Chapter 30 (727-729)
● Revolts were led by Egyptians as soon as the war ended.
● Most of the countries in the Middle East weren’t concerned about Soviet intentions
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