PSCI 4348 Lecture 4: india
12 Nov 2017
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Wednesday, october 18, 2017 8:31 am: large diversity of political interests, indus valley civilization, goes back at least 5k years. Aryan tribes from nw invaded about 1500bc. Merger with earlier inhabitants created classical indian culture. Arab incursions starting in 8th century and turkish in 12th were followed by europeans: establishment of informal british colonial rule 1757, formal colonial rule failed after failed sepoy rebellion 1857. Revolt by alliance of indian princes against british power: by 19th century, britain had assumed political control of virtually all indian lands, nonviolent resistance to british colonialism under m. k. Gandhi and: nehru, s. patel, m. jinnah and others led to independence in. 1947: subcontinent divided into secular state of india and smaller. Muslim state of east and west pakistan: third war between the two countries in 1971 resulted in e pakistan becoming separate nation o bangladesh, fundamental concerns in india include. All despite impressive gains in economic investment and output: why india.
