BRIC-India & China

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
05/18/1700	INDIA British Colonized	British colonized India in the 1700s
06/23/1757	INDIA Battle of Plassey	-last independent provine -after it, everything was under control of the East India Company
05/17/1850	CHINA Taiping Rebellion	-Peasant revolt against extravagant and corrupt dynasty due to increased poverty for masses -Rebels gain control of large parts of China for 14 years Government military eventually crushes rebellion -20-30 million die in rebellion
06/20/1850	CHINA Chinese Dynasties begin to decline	-Extravagant court -Widespread corruption in government -Tax evasion by the rich = more burden for the poor -Population explosion = increased poverty and misery for the masses
05/19/1857	INDIA The Sepoy Rebellion	-First united rebellion against the British -Began because they didn't like/agree with who was ruling -British decided to take India under direct control of the crown
05/17/1899	CHINA Boxer Rebellion	Imperialist powers carve up China and seek to gain resources for trade and to expand "spheres of influence."
05/17/1912	CHINA Sun-Yat-sen	-Qing Dynasty falls - SunYat-sen leads China's new republic
04/13/1919	INDIA Amritsar Massacre	-pushed Mohandas Gandhi to push for Indian independence from Great Britain -stirred Nationalists' feelings across India -after the massacre, Gandhi became convinced that India should accept nothing less than full independence
05/18/1919	CHINA May fourth Movement	-Students protested against Twenty-One Demands -THEIR GOAL: -strengthen China by rejecting confucian traditions and adopt ideas from the west -End to foreign domination -Women were key in protest -ended footbinding
05/19/1919	INDIA Rowlatt Act	-allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and permitted internment of suspects without trial -object was to replace the repressive provisions of the wartime Defence of India Act
03/12/1930	INDIA Salt March	-march held to protest tax put on salt by British -led by Gandhi -got a lot of attention -changed world opinion on Indian Independence
05/18/1934	CHINA The Long March	1934-1935 -Guomindang went on many extermination campaigns against the Communists - The communists went on a Long March to Northern China from 1934-1935 - During the march, Communist soldiers were told to treat peasnts politely, pay for goods and avoid damaging crops -Won support of peasants
05/19/1937	INDIA Government of India Act	-limited self rule for Indian provinces -by 1937 they were considered independent
05/18/1947	INDIA Purna Swaraj	British accepts Indian National Congress independence from British rule
05/19/1947	INDIA Independence	India gained its independence in 1947
05/18/1959	CHINA The Great Leap Forward	1959-1961 - The Great Leap Forward - Mao Zedong encouraged people to make a big effort to increase farm and industrial output - It was a FAILURE - it turned out low quality, useless goods, and led to famine - About 55 million Chinese starved
05/19/1966	INDIA Indira Gandhi	Indira Gandhi -first WOMAN prime minister -daughter of Jawaharal Nehru -first WOMAN ever elected to lead a democracy
05/18/1976	CHINA Den Xiaoping	- He was a more moderate leader - Took over after Mao's death - Wanted to improve economy
05/18/1979	CHINA	The U.S. established diplomatic relations with China
05/18/1989	CHINA Tiananmen Square Massacre	-thousands of demonstraters occupied Tiananmen Square in the capital of Beijing -mainly students -They wanted democracy - Eventually the government sent in military -Thousands of demonstraters were killed or wounded -known as Tiananmen Square Massacre
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
05/17/1700 to 05/17/2011	CHINA
05/17/1700 to 05/17/2011	INDIA