POLI 316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Indian Rebellion Of 1857, Indira Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi
8 Dec 2016
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The british empire: 1857 sepoy mutiny (rebellion against biec) british victory, governed by british east india company (mercantilism, afterwards, india becomes a crown colony. Political development: established a civil service and the congress party. Currently, not much tension between indians and british. After wwi: political changes: conflict between indians and british (fought in. British army: rss is created: security/political entity- desired independence, nationalist, emergence of mahatma ghandi and the nonviolent movement. After wwii: independence occurs: 1947-1948, congress party: party of all of india- all religions- nationalist, values freedom, tolerance, equality, individual rights. Created modern india: indira gandhi (1966-1984) (his daughter) Assassinated by a sikh: rajiv ganhdi (1984-1989) (her son) B. j. p: grew out of r. s. s, hindu nationalists. Current politics: two main parties: bjp and congress- both advocate socialism, self-reliant goal, parliamentary system. Chief of state: prime minister; current= navendra modi. Ethnic conflict: punjab- sikh independence, sri lanka- tamil independence, kashmir- islamic independence, northeast independence and anti-islamic.
