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Indian National congress
Their job was to obtain a greater share of government for educated Indians. They also created a platform for civic and political dialogue between the Indians and the British. -
Mohandas Ghandi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. -
Constitutional revolution
The Persian Constitutional Revolution, also known as the Constitutional Revolution of Iran, took place between 1905 and 1911 during the Qajar dynasty. The revolution led to the establishment of a parliament in Persia, and has been called an "epoch-making episode in the modern history of Persia -
muslim league
The Muslim league was founded with the aim of securing Muslim representation in local government. -
balfour decleration
The Balfour Declaration was a public pledge by Britain in 1917 declaring its aim to establish a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine. -
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister, politician and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, and then as the Dominion of Pakistan's first governor-general until his death -
Satyagraha
This is just the Indian word for civil disobedience. This started when Gandhi started his non-violent protests -
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India independence movement
This was a series of historic events aiming to end British rule in India. Gandhi had a large influence on it by using non-violent approaches. -
Palestine
When WWI ended, the british took control of Palestine and the Leauge of Nations issued a British mandate for Palestine. This was a document that gave Britain administrative control over the region and included provisions for establishing Palestine as the Jewish national homeland. -
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, statesman and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a principal leader of the Indian nationalist movement in the 1930s and 1940s. -
Salt March
The Indians were forced to incur a heavy salt tax by the British sellers, especially since salt was so important in their diet. To protest this Gandhi declared resistance to the salt act and started a campaign of mass civil disobedience. -
Kenya Africa Union
The Kenya African Union was a political organization formed in 1944 to articulate Kenyan grievances against the British colonial administration. The Kau attempted to be more inclusive than the Kikuyu central association by recruiting membership across the colony of Kenya -
“The Shah”
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, also known as Mohammad Reza Shah, was the last Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from September 1941 until his overthrow in the Islamic Revolution in February 1979. Owing to his status, he was usually known as the Shah. -
Quit India
The Indian national congress launched the Quit India movement. They used methods of non-violent resistance to demand freedom from British rule. -
Apartheid
This was a system of legislation that upheld segregation against non-white citizens of south Africa. This name was given to them by the white-ruled south Africa's nationalist party in 1948. -
Partition of India
Muslims left India for Pakistan where they felt safe. The Hindus made the opposite journey and went east. -
Accra Riots
These riots were a protest march by unarmed ex-servicemen who were agitating for their benefits as veterans of world war II was broken up by police leaving three leaders of the group dead. -
Universal decleration of human rights
The UDHR is a milestone document in the history of human rights. it was drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, it set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. -
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South Africa Apartheid
This language of Afrikaans was a system of legislation that upheld segregation against non-white citizens of South Africa. After the national party gained power in South Africa in 1948 its all-white government immediately began enforcing existing policies of racial segregation -
Kikuyu Tribe
The Kikuyu tribe was known for trade, agriculture, and livestock keeping. The Kikuyu tribe is a Bantu-speaking people who occupied territory in what is today central Kenya. -
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Mau Mau rebellion
The Mau Mau stepped up its attacks on European settlers and Kikuyu, culminating in the attack on the village of Lari in March 1953 in which 84 Kikuyu civilians mainly women and children were murdered. -
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Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a military and political effort to overthrow the government of Cuba between 1953 and 1959. It began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état which placed Fulgencio Batista as head of state and the failed mass strike in opposition that followed. -
Detention Camps
The British detained approximately 8,000 women under the emergency powers imposed to combat the mau mau rebellion. These camps were the main site of women's incarceration. -
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008 -
Kwame Nkrumah
Francis Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957 -
Patrice Lumumba
He was the leader of the Congolese National Movement from 1958 until his execution in January 1961. Ideologically an African nationalist and pan-Africanist, he played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic. -
Pan Africanism
This was the attempt to create a sense of brotherhood and collaboration among all people of African descent whether they lived inside or outside of Africa. -
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Ghana Independence movement
They gained independence from Britain. They then became a member of the commonwealth of nations. -
Civil disobedience
The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines. This is also known as a peaceful form of political protest. -
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Congo independence movement
A nationalist movement in the Belgian Congo demanded the end of the colonial rule. They gained independence movement on June 30th, 1960. -
Assassination of Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba was captured and imprisoned en route by state authorities under Mobutu. H was handed over to Katanga authorities, and executed in the presence of Katangan and Belgian officials ad military officers. -
London conference 1962
This conference was held in the UK in September and was hosted by the country's prime minister, Harold Macmillan. B British negotiations to enter EEC and impact on commonwealth trade. -
White revolution
The White Revolution successfully redistributed land to approximately 2.5 million families, established literacy and health corps targeting Iran's rural areas, and resulted in a slew of social and legal reform. In the decades following the revolution, per capita income for Iranians skyrocketed. -
Jomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta CGH was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978. -
PLO
The PLO is the Palestine Liberation Organization and its reasoning was a political guerrilla group aimed at liberating Palestine and creating an Arab state its role in violence and terrorism is analyzed. -
six day war
Israel defeated three Arab armies, gained territory four times its original size, and became the preeminent military power in the region. -
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Cambodian civil war
The war pitted the Cambodian monarchy and later the Cambodian Republic, and its allies, including the united states against the Cambodian communist -
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge held power in Cambodia for just under 45 months leaving 1.6-3 million Cambodian civilians dead through starvation, torture, execution, medical experiments, and more. They wanted everyone to be the same no matter what. They wanted people to eat the same, breathe the same, and think the same. -
Pol Pot
Pol Pot was a Cambodian revolutionary, dictator, and politician who ruled Cambodia as Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1976 and 1979 -
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Iranian Revolution
The Iranian revolution started when a conservative backlash opposed the Westernization and secularization efforts of the Western-backed shah. -
Hostage crisis
The Iran hostage crisis was an international crisis that began in November 1979 when militants seized 66 U.S. citizens in Tehrān and held 52 of them hostage for more than a year. The crisis took place in the wake of Iranian Revolution -
Ayatollah Khomeni
Ruhollah Khomeini, also known as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. -
Nelson Mandula
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.