HIST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: East India Company, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
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Vocabulary: indian national congress, mohammad ali jinnah, b. g. Tilak: mohandas k. gandhi, amritsar massacre, satyagraha campaigns, government of india act, 1935, partition. To examine the events and actions that contributed to the granting of indian independence. To determine whether other countries would be able to follow a similar path to independence. To identify some of the problems that would face the subcontinent after independence: roots of nationalism in india, india as model. India was the very first british colony to gain independence. Company concerned with business and commerce: middle of 19th century india is formally colonized (1857-1858, from this point onwards india is britain"s most valuable colony. Indian national congress was formulated by the full approval of the. British because they feel that they are pro-british and they speak english: takes shape as a political organization, not initially seen as a threat, social foundations of a mass movement.
