HIST 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Quit India Movement, Mahatma Gandhi, Culture Shock
22 Nov 2016
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Having colonies led to war: lenin, etc. Growing embarrassment at having colonies by 1945: this is an unpleasant or awkward claim to be made, hard to maintain (resources) The rise of marxism post wwii: throwing off the western capitalist model. Jewel in the crown : in britain"s crown. Literal, a lot of diamonds came from india. India was very wealthy, wealthiest of the surviving colonies. By the time of the versailles treaty, india was on the edge of an anti-colonial war. Pacifist, vegetarian: but did participate in the boer war (medic), active recruited for the british army in wwi, pro-women"s rights but he himself was very abusive, favoured a blend of spirituality and politics. Becomes a symbol for the poor and dispossessed all over the world. My autobiography: the story of my experiments with truth: intellectual coming of age book. The autobiography are rather western genre (individualistic)
