Chapter 18 Flashcards
Indian National Congress
Congress Party
Founded in 1906 in India to protect Muslim interests
Muslim League
Insisted that Muslim League spoke only for Muslims
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Last viceroy of India/ feared that Hindus and Muslims would never live together in peace
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Dividing India into 2 Nations
Partition
India’s 1st prime minister
Jawaharlal Nehru
2md prime minister of India
Indira Gandhi
Killed by bomb before being elected prime minister
Rajiv Gandhi
Elected prime minister after Zia’s death/ remove from office in 1967 after months of disorder
Benazir Bhutto
Elected president of the Philippines/imposed authoritarian regime/ stole millions fro, public treasury
Ferdinand Marros
Won presidential election in 1986
Corazón Aquino
Leader of the Burmese nationalist party/ first linked with japan to drive British out of Burma
Aung San
Returned to Burma after many years abroad/ became active in national league for democracy
Aung San Suu Kyi
Proclaimed Indonesia’s independence and named himself president
Sukarno
Turned Indonesia into police dates and imposed frequent periods of martial law
Suharto
Celebrates African cultures
Negritude Movement