HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: National Liberation Front (Algeria), Kwame Nkrumah, African Nationalism
23 Oct 2017
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Great britain granted numerous reforms in response to the tireless campaign of gandhi. Gandhi continued to revolt non-violently after partition, and was assassinated. Leader of congress party and urged together with gandhi to act and feel as one nation. Became prime minister of india, and received aid from ussr, despite preferring non- alignment: change of government in britain. Churchill"s conservative govt. was replaced with a labor govt. more inclined to ridding its empire. Economy after ww2 made it unrealistic to bear the financial burdens of the empire in. Muslims feared being overrun by the hindus (majority). Worked with gandhi and the congress party to gain independence . The only solution to india"s problem is pakistan : great calcutta killing. Called a day of direct action despite recognizing it could lead to fighting between the religions. Some 6000 died in the killing that resulted from the day of direct action. Further fueled the feeling of a religious over national identity.
