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India

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Gandhi   Was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. In India, he is recognized as the Father of the Nation.  
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Nehru   Was a political leader of the Indian National Congress, was a pivotal figure during the Indian independence movement and served as the first Prime Minister of the Republic of India.  
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Indian Congress Party   A major political party in India. Its leaders included Gandhi and Nehru.  
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Jinnah   Was an Indian Muslim politician and leader of the Muslim League who founded Pakistan and served as its first Governor-General.  
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Muslim League   A political party in British India that developped into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state from British India on the Indian subcontinent.  
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Kashmir   The northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Historically a source of friction between India and Pakistan which continues until the present time.  
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Hindu   The largest relgion in the Indian subcontinent. It was the religion of Gandhi and Nehru.  
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Muslim   The second largest religion in the Indian Sub-Continent. It became the main religon of Pakistan.  
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Amritsar Massacare, 1919   British troops opened fire on peace Indian protestors after the First World War. As a result Gandhi realized that he would not be able to negotiate with the British and began his campaign of passive resistance.  
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Passive Resistance   The practice of applying power to achieve socio-political goals through symbolic protests, economic or political noncooperation, civil disobedience and other methods, without using violence. Passive resis  
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Non-Violence   Throughout his life, Gandhi remained committed to this approach to change even in the most extreme situations.  
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Civil Disobedance   Encompasses the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government or of an occupying power without resorting to physical violence.  
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Salt March,1930   An act of protest against a British tax in Colonial India. Mahatma Gandhi along with his followers, walked across Indian to the ocean.  
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Partition of India, 1947   The creation of India and Pakistan after British withdrawl.  
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