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IAFS 1000 Gandhi and Nonviolent Resistance in South Asia

IAFS 1000 Gandhi and Nonviolent Resistance in South Asia. Announcement. China Town Hall: location TBD. Brendon ’ s Rome-Britain Analogy. • Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776) • Imperial decline • Lessons for US?. Outline. Early South Asian nationalism

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IAFS 1000 Gandhi and Nonviolent Resistance in South Asia

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  1. IAFS 1000Gandhi andNonviolent Resistancein South Asia

  2. Announcement • China Town Hall: location TBD

  3. Brendon’sRome-Britain Analogy • Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776) • Imperial decline • Lessons for US?

  4. Outline • Early South Asian nationalism • Gandhi as nationalist leader • Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre

  5. Early Indian Nationalism • 1885: Indian National Congress (INC) established • 1906: Formation of Muslim League • post-WWI: Khilafat movement (protection of Ottoman sultan/caliph)

  6. Emergence of Gandhi(1869-1948) • London-trained lawyer • 1893-1915: South Africa • Satyagraha [soul-force or truth-force]: non-violent resistance • 1915: return to India http://www.mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org/ gphotgallery/1915-1932/images/a98.jpg

  7. Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre (Amritsar, Punjab) • April 13, 1919: killing of unarmed demonstrators • Indian protests • 1920: Gandhi leader of INC • 1924: Khilafat collapse • 1930s non-cooperation campaign • Proved Gandhi’s leadership • Alienated some Muslims

  8. Gandhi’s Use of Clothing The London dandy (1890); in South Africa (1900, 1913); in loincloth (1942)1 [1] www.progress.org/Gandhi; www.askasia.org/frclasrm/lessplan/l000079.htm

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