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Sepoys greased a day before, some Indian cartrifges forcing Indians to bite off the ends, next day rebellion due to the grease (pork and beef), Muslims and Hindu's had a problem witht this.
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British Government took direct control of India.
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Indians began to deman more modernization and a greater role in governing themselves.
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The growing nationalism led to the founding of 2 Nationalist groups; Indian National Congress and Muslim League.
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The Muslim League and the Indian Congress began to demand for self-government.
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Nationalist's were further inflaimed in 1905 by the Partition of Bengal, The Hindus of West Bengal who dominated Bengal's business and rural life complained that the division would make them a minority in a province that would incorporate the province of Bihar and Odisha.
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The Mulsim League is created due to the growth of nationalism.
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The Muslim League iintended to join the Congress Party to get rid of foreign rule.
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The British divided the provinces keeping the two religions apart made it had for them to unite and indipendicise.
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Indian troop returned home from war, Britain promised they would self govern if Indians helped in the war, Indians were treated a second class citizens, Radical nacionalists carried out acts of violence towards the British rule.
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Laws allowed the government to jail protestors without trial for as long as 2 years.
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Congress Party endorced civil disobedience. The deliberate and public refusal to obey an unjust law andn non violence as the means to acheive indipendence.
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Gandhi organized a demonstration to defy the hated Salt Acts.
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The British parliment passed the governemtn of Indian Act, Provided local self-government and limited democratic elections but not total indipendence.
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Pakistan was created and they were divided by 2 countries, India and Pakistan where diided mostly by religion.
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Ghandi died on 1948 January 30, killed by the hands of a Hindu extremist
