Transcript 3/27/15 - Mr. Steen`s World History

9th Honors 3.27.15
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Today’s Learning Objectives:
 I can understand the
circumstances that led
to the partition of
India.
Today’s Agenda:
 Was Gandhi
successful?
 Defend the
assassin
 The partition of
India
HW:
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Thesis writing: 2 sides
of an issue
Partition of India
August 15, 1947
Was Gandhi really a hero?
[The demand for Pakistan] as put forth by
the Moslem League is un-Islamic and I have
not hesitated to call it sinful. Islam stands
for unity and the brotherhood of mankind,
not for disrupting the oneness of the human
family. Therefore, those who want to divide
India into possibly warring groups are
enemies alike of India and Islam. They may
cut me to pieces but they cannot make me
subscribe to something which I consider to
be wrong.
Was Gandhi really a hero?
A friend from Eastern Pakistan
asks how can I declare myself an
inhabitant of undivided India
when it is cut into two, and when
to be of one part excludes you
from the other?
…What every one of us has to
guard against is the harboring of
ill-will against a State or its
people. . . .
Was Gandhi really a hero?
In actual life, it is impossible to separate us into
two nations. We are not two nations. Every
Moslem will have a Hindu name if he goes back far
enough in his family history. Every Moslem is
merely a Hindu who has accepted Islam. That does
not create nationality. . . . We in India have a
common culture. In the North, Hindi and Urdu are
understood by both Hindus and Moslems. In
Madras, Hindus and Moslems speak Tamil, and in
Bengal, they both speak Bengali and neither Hindi
nor Urdu.
Was Gandhi really a hero?
. . . We must not cease to aspire,
in spite of [the] wild talk, to
befriend all Moslems and hold
them fast as prisoners of our love.
Why Great Britain leaves India…
India and WWII
Over
2 million Indians fought in WWII for the British
India raised food for soldiers at expense of its own
population, (Great Bengali Famine took over 1 million
lives)
Britain owed $$ to India
Clement Attlee, new Prime Minister of Britain,
sympathetic to Indian independence
Important People
Gandhi
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Jawaharlal Nehru
Muslim League under Jinnah
Leader: Mohammad Ali
Jinnah
 Worked with Nehru and
Gandhi to gain
independence from
Great Britain
 But eventually feared
for the Muslim minority
in India and pushed for
Pakistan, a separate
nation for Muslims
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Lahore Resolution: 1940
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Jinnah announced the official position of
the Muslim League: to secure a new
nation for Muslims called Pakistan
Indian Congress Party & Muslim League
cannot agree on 1 or 2 state solution
Partition
Partition (Division) of India
2 Countries: Pakistan & India
Englishman Cyril Radcliffe
draws the boundaries
-Historian Lucy Chester
Refugees Flee
Refugees Flee
Refugees Flee
Refugees Flee
What will Kashmir do?
Leader of JammuKashmir: Maharaja
Hari Singh
 Muslim majority
 Singh was Hindu
 Options:
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1. Join India
2. Join Pakistan
3. Independence
Kashmir
Kashmir:
Led Zeppelin (1975)
Indian state: Jammu-Kashmir
What does India want?
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Views Kashmir as an important part of the
Indian nation.
– “Power” given by Singh of Kashmir to India in
1947
Says the Pakistani occupation of portions
of the region as illegal.
 Today: Wants Pakistan to cease support
for cross-border terrorism launched by
groups that want to unite Kashmir with
Pakistan.
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What does Pakistan want?
Of the 12 million in population, the
majority of the people consider
themselves Muslim.
 Pakistan favors a plebiscite (vote of the
people…referendum), as called for in a
1949 U.N. resolution, in which the
residents of Jammu and Kashmir would
vote on which country they want to join.
 India refuses to consider a plebiscite.
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Who has the Power?
Hindus? Muslims? Anyone?
What should the world do?
Thesis & support
Do nations around the world have a duty
to help resolve issues in other places of
the world? Write a thesis for both…
1. Yes: explain the role that should be
taken and to what extent?
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– 2 sentences of “support” or “explanation”
2.
No: explain the possible issues that
might arise due to others involvement?
– 2 sentences of “support” or “explanation”