Modern+India

=Modern India= Maddie Bryant, Mikayla Klein, Hannah Gad

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__People __
 * Queen Victoria- "Emperess of India, the people of India wer now her colonial subjects, and India became her "Jewel in the crown."
 * Brigadier Reginald Dyer- was known as the "The Butcher of Amritsar", he was the British Commander that orderd the troops to open fire
 * Mohandas Gandhi- he was born in 1869, he studied in london and became a lawyer. In 1893 he went to South Africa to work in a law frim serving Indian workers
 * Mother Teresa of Calcutta- at age 18 she went to Ireland to become a Missionary nun. She started the Missionaries of Charity that helped the poor and sick
 * Lord Mountbatten- he was the last viceroy in India

__Terms __
 * civil disobedience- is the refusal to obey laws that are considered tobe unjust
 * mahatma- or "Great Soul", title that was given to Mohandas Gandhi by the Indian people
 * missionaries of charity- mother Teresa and her followers established this to help the poor and sick people in India
 * sikhs- are followers of a religion based on both Hindu and Muslim ideas
 * Indian National Congress- is a small group of Indians met in Mumbai to form this, they didn't demand immediate independence but want shared governing
 * Government of India Act- this was an act that expanded the role of Indians in the governing process
 * kashmir- is an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty id disputed between Pakistan and India
 * Golden Temple- is one of the sikhs' most important shrines
 * Punjab- it was where the sikhs lived in northern province that was known as this, the demanded that the province be independent from India
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Muslim League- was under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnan and was beginning to believe in the creation of a seperate Muslim state of Pakistan



[|Amritsar Massacre] for more information on the Amritsar Massacre. [|Reginald Dyer] for more information on the British general. [|Mohandas Ghandi] for more information on the great soul. [|Indian National Congress] for more information on the Indian political party. [|Indira Gandhi] for more information on the first woman to lead India. [|Indian Independence Act] for more information on India's independence from British rule. [|Jewaharla Nehru] for more information on India's first prime minister. [|Mother Teresa] for more information on the missionary and Nobel Peace Prize Winner. [|Queen Victoria] for more information on the Empress of India. [|Salt March] for more information on the Salt March
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