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2 groups were formed in order to get rid of the British Empire the primarly Hindu Indian National Congress in 1885.
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Abd-Al.Aziz an Arab from a once wealthfull family began a campaign in order to unite Arabia.
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Despite the tension with the Muslims and Hindus they finally found common ground.
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Due to the Great War the Ottoman empire was defeated and collapsed.
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In 1918 the war finally ends and the indians go back home and expected Britain to fulfill it´s promises.
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The British passed the Rowlatt Acts, these laws allowed the government to jail protestors without trial for as long as 2 years
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The Greeks invade Turkey and threaten to conquere it, The Turkish sultans army was hopless
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To protest the Rowlatt Acts, around 10,000 Muslims and Hindus went to Amristrar in the spring of 1919. And many where killed.
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The delibirate and public refusal to obey an unjust law, in order to achieve independence.
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In 1919 Greek soldiers invaded Turkey and threatened to conquere it but in 1922 Mustafa kemal deafeted them and in 1923 the Repoublic of Trukey was formed.
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Ghandi organized a demonstration to defy the Salt acts. British law stated that Indians only buy slat form the government and had to pay taxes. Eventually about 60,000 people including Ghandi were arrested
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In 1925 Persias new leader Reza Shah Pahlavi set out to modernize the country he established public schools built roads and railroads, and in 1935 changed the name to Iran
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in 1935 the British Parliament passed the Government of India act. It provided local selof-government and limited democratic elections, but not total independence.
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Mustafa Kemal the "Father of the Turks" has died at the age of 57. He gave Turkey a very good influence and made them move forward