24.1/2 Flashcards
Rowlatt Acts
laws to prevent Indians from protesting Britsh actions
Amritsar Massacre
a slaughter of Indians by the British at a peaceful protest in 1919
Mohandas Gandhi
Leader of the independence movement in India
civil disobedience
disobeying the law for the purpose of achieving some higher goal
salt march
a march to the sea to proteset British salt tax
congress party
group consisting mostly of hindus that led to campaign for india’s independence
Muhammad Ali Jinah
leader of the muslim league
Muslim league
muslim group led that led a campaign for india’s independence
partition
division of india into 2 nations
Jawaharlal Nehru
first prime minister of india
Indira Gandhi
daughter of Nehru who followed him as prime minister
Benazir Bhutto
former prime minister of Pakistan
Ferdinand Marcos
leader of the Philippines who was elected but ruled as a dictator
corazon Aquino
woman who defeated Marcos in the elections of 1986
Aung San Suu Kyi
daughter of Aung San winner of nobel prize for her fight for democracy in Burma