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Can someone explain these, i am supposed to do this for homework and i dont get any of this, all these things were in the Gandhi event

1. Boycott of british made cloth
2.apartheid laws
3. pass laws
4. non violent non-cooperation
5.homespun cloth
6.The salt march
7.Amritsar Massacre
8.homerule
9.Partition of India
10. Hindu-Muslim Question

If someone can explain these topics they will earn mega points

2007-04-13 15:14:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

I meant gandhi movie not gandhi event .....

2007-04-13 15:16:12 · update #1

2 answers

The boycott of British cloth was to protest British rule of India.

Apartheid laws were established in South Africa to seperate the races; Apartheid is Afrikans for "seperation".

Pass laws -- non-white citizens of South Africa were required to hold passes which the police could inspect. Many people burned them to protest police repression.

Non-violent non-cooperation is the central idea of Gandhi's entire campaign. It is the idea of refusing to submit to the will of dictators, but to do so non-violently. For many excellent examples, including Gandhi's salt march to the sea, see the documentary "A Force More Powerful"
http://www.aforcemorepowerful.org/

Homespun cloth -- Gandhi would weave his own cloth; again, as a protest against British economic policies

The Salt March -- In March, 1930, Gandhi and supporters marched 240 miles over the course of three weeks from his ashram to the sea... Gandhi made salt, which was a violation of British tax laws. He and many of his followers were arrested in the weeks following this protest.
http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Dandi.html

Amristar Massacre -- happened in April 1919.
The British machine-gunned hundreds of unarmed civilians who were peacefully protesting. It is the most horrific event in the history of British rule of India (which is saying a great deal)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amritsar_Massacre

Homerule - simply means the right to run your own country, free of colonial powers.

Partition of India -- India has two major religious groups: Hindus and Muslims. The Muslims wanted their own country, which led them to seperate areas east and west of India, which today are the nations of Pakistan and Bangladesh.
There were many riots during this period, and thousands of people were killed in religious warfare.
http://www.partitionofindia.com/

Hindu-Muslim question: As I noted, many people killed each other simply because they were Hindus or Muslims.
There is no logical explanation for why this happened.

Watch the movie again after looking at some of the websites, it will make more sense to you.

2007-04-13 17:35:54 · answer #1 · answered by parrotjohn2001 7 · 0 0

India made most of the clothes worn by Brits. The idea was to force the Brits to buy and make their own. Kinda like now when China makes all our clothes.

Apartheid laws. Indians were segregated from Brits in their own country. Ghandi wanted that changed

Now you do your own homework. I started you out.

2007-04-13 15:19:36 · answer #2 · answered by mar m 5 · 0 0

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