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It aimed to obtain a greater share in government for educated Indians and to create a platform for civic and political dialogue between them and the British Raj. -
The All-India Muslim League was founded in 1906 with the aim of securing Muslim representation in local government. From 1909 Muslims and non-Muslims voted in separate electorates -
World War I Gandhi organized the first of his many effective passive-resistance campaigns in protest of Britain's oppressive rule in India
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was an act of civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi to protest British rule in India. During the march, thousands of Indians followed Gandhi from his religious retreat near Ahmedabad to the Arabian Sea coast, a distance of some 240 miles. -
confined mostly “elite” prisoners from the Khmer Rouge's own ranks. Their jailers kept meticulous records, taking black-and-white mug shots of prisoners on entry, and used electric shocks, beatings, and water poured in the nose to extract elaborate written confessions to real and imagined offenses. -
a compound where prisoners are detained temporarily, as pending determination of their legal status under immigration laws -
it used methods of non-violent resistance to demand freedom from British rule. Historian Sarah Ansari gives an overview of the movement and its influence on the struggle for Indian independence. -
a political organization in colonial Kenya, formed in October 1944 prior to the appointment of the first African to sit in the Legislative Council. -
They share common ancestry with the Embu, Kamba, Tharaka, Meru and Mbeere. Traditionally they inhabited the area around Mount Kenya, including the following counties: Murang'a, Nyeri, Kiambuu, Nyandarua, Kirinyaga and Nakuru. -
the attempt to create a sense of brotherhood and collaboration among all people of African descent whether they lived inside or outside of Africa. The themes raised in this excerpt connect to the aspirations of people, the values of European culture, and the world of African colonies. -
- means "Apart hood"
- laws that called for the separation of races in South Africa
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created the independent nations of Muslim-majority Pakistan and Hindu-majority India, separating the provinces of Bengal and Punjab along religious lines, despite the fact that Muslims and Hindus lived in mixed communities throughout the area, Satia said -
- people are divided into 4 race categories -race split into separate living quarters -forced to use separate facilities
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a protest march by unarmed ex-servicemen – who were agitating for their legitimate benefits as veterans of World War II – was broken up by police, leaving several -
in South Africa was the racial segregation under the all-white government of South Africa which dictated that non-white South Africans (a majority of the population) were required to live in separate areas from whites and use separate public facilities, and contact between the two groups
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The Mau Mau stepped up its attacks on European settlers and Kikuyu, culminating in the attack on the village of Lari
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a major armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (French: Front de Libération Nationale – FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France.
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The government enchanted an even more rigid law requirement that stated all Africans makes under the age of 16 carry a reference book. -
Women of all races marched to the union building in Pretoria, t protest against passing laws that would limit the movements of black, Indian, and colored women, and where they were allowed to work. -
Ghana became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and was led to independence by Kwame Nkrumah who transformed the country into a republic, with himself as president for life.
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Abolished indirect representation of blacks in Pretoria and divided Africans into ten ethnic groups, each assigned a traditional "homeland." -
Vietnamese political organization formed on December 20, 1960, to effect the overthrow of the South Vietnamese government and the reunification of North and South Vietnam. -
primarily among the évolués. The movement was divided into a number of parties and groups which were broadly divided on ethnic and geographical lines and opposed to one another.
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Passes were burnt at Sharpeville Police Station and 69 protesters were massacred, -
January 17, 1961, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo -
Arrested for being framed for bombing government targets
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British negotiations to enter EEC and impact on Commonwealth trade, This meeting saw the expansion of the Commonwealth to include several newly sovereign countries in Africa and the Caribbean. -
in Évian-les-Bains, France, by France and the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic, the government-in-exile of FLN (Front de Libération Nationale), which sought Algeria's independence from France. -
The war pitted the Cambodian monarchy, and later the Cambodian Republic, and its allies, including the United States, against the Cambodian communists. The communists received support from the neighboring Vietcong.
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The Cambodian Genocide was the result of a social engineering project by the Khmer Rouge, attempting to create a classless agrarian society. The regime would ultimately collapse when the neighboring Vietnam invaded, establishing an occupation that would last more than a decade. -
-Worked with anti-apartheid leaders attempting to negotiate the end of racial segregation
-Mandela was elected the first black president of South Africa
-Served 1 term & retired from politics