HIST 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Indian National Congress, Indian Nationalism
23 Mar 2017
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Religious minority in a country that is majority hindu. Want independence from britain and want independence from the hindu majority. Do(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to ha(cid:448)e to (cid:272)ooperate (cid:449)ith the hi(cid:374)dus. Signaled an end to empires: muhammad ali jinnah (1876-1948) Fears of what would happen to india if the muslim majority was not respected. Concerned that the hindus would not treat them fairly. Calls of british to create muslim and hindu portions of india. Gandhi is upset with jinnah, he felt creating two areas of india would go against love, unity. Muslim and hindus fought: partition of india (1947) Government decides to split the countries into different parts. Dre(cid:449) (cid:271)orders o(cid:374) the (cid:373)ap, (cid:271)ut that (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t exactly where people lived. Neither group feels welcome in the wrong sector. They packed up and left to their own area. 5 million decide to move, pass each other on the roads (blame each other- fights break out, killings) ~100,000 people died.
