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The East India Company forced Indian Rulers to give away their powers to the company. The Company gained enormous wealth from India. The Company then set up a law code, a court system and gained more land.
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A rebllion of sepoys took place near Delhi. Sepoys heard that their guns were greased with beef and pork fat and a law created to have sepoys to fight over seas. British slowly put down the uprising.
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Ghandi studied law and moved to South Africa to learn about the nonviolent resistance called satyagraha
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The Indian National Congress is believed the largest and oldest democratic organization in the world.
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A political party that wanted to seperate the muslim's from the hindu's, Pakistan. It emerged from the Aligarh Movement, formed originally to promote a modern education for Muslims.
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1930- Gandhi led a 200 mile march to the coast to make salt from the sea.Gandhi and 50,000 followers were arrested.
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The Quit India movement urged Indians not to cooperate with the British.It started when India National Congress refused to support the the war unless given independence.
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Muslims demanded a separate country because Hindus often distrusted Muslims. Muslims feared that their right would not be respected.
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In 1947, Britain signed the Indian Independence Act to end British rule and divides India's subcontinent.
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In January 1948, Gandhi was shot by a Hindu extremeist who believed that Mahtama had betrayed his own people.
