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What was the Salt March and why did it work so effectively? (p.14)
How would it be beneficial for the British in their efforts in the Cold War to leave India willingly?
Instead wanted an India still friendly to Britain and be willing to be an ally against Russia.
How does India’s road to independence represent a pattern for other imperialized countries? (not in reading)
-Most countries achieved DECOLONIZATION after WW2 – colonies were just too expensive, Gandhi’s nonviolent
movement created a domino affect of protest movements around the world
What does India have to agree to before England will allow them to write a new constitution?
Follow Br. Direction in ww2
(1) One of the big problems of democracy is that the will of the majority can overrun a minority.
For instance, some people in America see it as unfair that the heterosexual majority in places
like Texas have made a law prevented homosexual marriage. They see this as an example of
a majority taking advantage of their privileged status to pass unfair laws that strip a minority of
what should be a right. In India, this majority versus minority is clearly a major concern.
Muslims are concerned that the majority will always elect Hindu officials who will ignore the
needs of the Muslim community. Worse, some Muslims fear that that the majority Hindu will
pass laws to discriminate against them as payback for centuries of Mughal misrule.
Would the American democracy be enhanced by this sort of system? Think big – maybe we should
reserve seats based on religion, but should we reserve seats based on something else?
(2) What problems face India today? (Feel free to do research or ask someone familiar with these
issues).
Which problems are the most pressing and the most serious?
(3) Did the nonviolence move up speed up the process of independence or slow it down? Explain.
(4) What was the most significant reason India was able to achieve independence? Explain.
-Internal economic pressure made it impossible to make a profit (boycotts, tax evasion, strikes)
-International pressure from other countries
(5) Reflect on the question of partition. Would British India have been better off receiving
independence without partition and, therefore, without creating Pakistan?