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Appearence of Gandhi 1915~1947
Gandhi, well educated from Britian, was able to gather other smart indian people. He worked hard to gain independence from India. Specifically, an independent hindu India. This started the trouble with the Muslims in North East. -
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Appearence of Gandhi
Gandhi, well educated from Britian, was able to gather other smart indian people. He worked hard to gain independence from India. Specifically, an independent hindu India. This started the trouble with the Muslims in North East. -
India gains independence from United Kingdom
Indian Muslims, who were the minority felt a need for a Muslim nation to protect their rights. Violent uprisings happened Calcutta, Bengal, and Amritsar were devastating. These violent actions made the British to plan to partition India. In August 15, 1947, when India became independent it was celebrated in two different capitals Delhi and Karachi. -
Kashmar war
When India was divided, the state with majority of Muslim volutarily joined Pakistan,but, Kashmar which is along the border remained a location of dispute. Because of its locational advantage of bordering all Pakistan, Afghanistan, and China, India wanted to secure Kashmar. In October of 1947, India sent troops to Kashmar starting a skrimish. -
India joins the Nuclear Club
India did not joined the NPT Treaty and freely experimented with nuclear technologies. Eventhough, India did not have the rights to develop nuclear weapons, it did. In May 18, 1974 India experimented its nuclear bomb (Smiling Budha) suddenly becoming a state with nuclear weapon -
1000 Scheduled Castes change to islams
1000 Scheduled Castes ( historically-disadvantaged people recognised in the Constitution of India) in the town of Meenakshipuram converted their religion to Islam. This sparked the concerns of Hindu-nationalists in the fear of Gulf states converting to Islam. Some reports back then even reported Hindu might become a monority. -
Rulling in court Faizabad
Court in Faizabad ruled that the shrine be opned to the public symbolize the Hindu threat. After the incident, brutal commnal violence between Hindus and Muslims such as police in Bombay participating in active violence against Muslims. -
India's second nuclear test
After Inidia's nuclear test in 1974, a arms race had begun between India and Pakistan. India continued to develop nuclear weapon technology and conducted its second test in May 11 1998 with Shakti I -
Pakistan's nuclear test
Pakistan tested five nuclear weapons as a reaction to India's nuclear experiment. The whole world became anxious in fear of nuclear war between Pakistan and India. The 1998 tests increased turbulence in the region. -
Pogrom against Muslims in Gujarat
In Febuary 27, 2002, muslims in Godhra and the Sangh killed fifty eight hinduist riding a train returning from Ayodhya. The government of Gujarat closed all buisnesses which is called the Bandh. During the Bandh, Bajrang Dal activities revenged by slaughtering muslims all over Gujarat. -
defeat of BJP by the INC in 2004 election
BJP is the Bharatiya Janata Party and the INC is the Indian National Congress. The two are the major political parties of India. BJP is a wright-wing Hindu-nationalism party which support exclusion of Muslim in Public. The defeat shows that sectarian policies are getting challenged. -
