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Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress, colloquially the Congress Party or simply the Congress, is an Indian political party. Founded in 1885 -
Jawaharlal Nehru
Was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, statesman and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. -
Kikuyu Tribe
The Kikuyu are a Bantu ethnic group native to Central Kenya. -
Ayatollah Khomeni
Was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. -
Muslim League
Well-known Muslim politicians met the Viceroy of British India, Lord Minto, with the goal of securing Muslim interests on the Indian subcontinent. -
Satyagraha
A policy of passive political resistance, especially that advocated by Mahatma Gandhi against British rule in India. -
Kwame Nkrumah
Was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957. -
Constitutional Revolution
During the Qajar dynasty. The revolution led to the establishment of a parliament in Persia, and has been called an epoch-making episode in the modern history of Persia. -
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Politician and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, and then as the Dominion of Pakistan's first governor-general until his death. -
Balfour Declaration
Was a public statement issued by the British government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small minority Jewish population. -
Nelson Mandula
Was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election -
Pan African
The attempt to create a sense of brotherhood and collaboration among all people of African descent whether they lived inside or outside of Africa. -
The Shah
Was the last Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow in the Islamic Revolution on 11 February 1979. Owing to his status, he was usually known as the Shah. -
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India Independence Movement
The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British rule in India. The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged from Bengal. -
Pol Pot
A Cambodian revolutionary, dictator, and politician who ruled Cambodia as Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1976 and 1979. Wikipedia -
Patrice Lumumba
Was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo -
Fidel Castro
Was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008 -
Salt March
Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mahatma Gandhi -
Quit Movement
A movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8th August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in India -
Kenya Africa Union
The Kenya African Union was a political organization in colonial Kenya, formed in October 1944 prior to the appointment of the first African to sit in the Legislative Council. -
Partition
A change of political borders cutting through at least one territory considered a homeland by some community. -
Accra Riots
The Accra Riots started on 28 February 1948 in Accra, the capital of present-day Ghana, which at the time was the British colony of the Gold Coast. -
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
An international document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly that enshrines the rights and freedoms of all human beings. -
Apartheid
In South Africa a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race. -
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South Africa Apartheid
The name that the party gave to its racial segregation policies -
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Mau Mau Rebellion
The Mau Mau rebellion, also known as the Mau Mau uprising, Mau Mau revolt or Kenya Emergency, was a war in the British Kenya Colony between the Kenya Land and Freedom Army, also known as the Mau Mau, and the British authorities -
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Algerian War for Independence
The Algerian War was a major armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France -
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Ghana Independence Movement
Ghana gained independence from Britain. Ghana became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and was led to independence by Kwame Nkrumah who transformed the country into a republic, with himself as president for life. -
National Liberation Front
Was an armed communist organization in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. It fought under the direction of North Vietnam against the South Vietnamese and United States governments during the Vietnam War. -
Cuban Revolution
A military and political effort to overthrow the government of Cuba -
Detention Camps
Interned persons may be held in prisons or in facilities known as internment camps (also known as concentration camps). -
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Congo Independence Movement
A nationalist movement in the Belgian Congo demanded the end of colonial rule this led to the country's independence on 30 June 1960. Minimal preparations had been made and many issues -
Assassination of Patrice Lumumba
Former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
London Conference 1962
It was held in the United Kingdom in September 1962, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan. British negotiations to enter EEC and impact on Commonwealth trade -
Evian Accords
Were a set of peace treaties signed on 18 March 1962 in Evian-les-Bains, France, by France and the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic, the government-in-exile of FLN, which sought Algeria's independence from France. -
White Revolution
Established literacy and health corps targeting Iran's rural areas, and resulted in a slew of social and legal reform. In the decades following the revolution, per capita income for Iranians skyrocketed. -
PLO
The Arab League initiated the creation of an organization representing the Palestinian people. The Palestinian National Council convened in Jerusalem on 28 May 1964. After concluding the meeting -
Six Day War
Was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states from 5 to 10 -
Mohandas Ghandi
Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. -
Cambodian Civil War
The Cambodian Civil War was a civil war in Cambodia fought between the forces of the Communist Party of Kampuchea against the government forces of the Kingdom of Cambodia -
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. -
Jomo Kenyatta
Was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978 -
S21
Housed in a former school and now called Tuol Sleng for the hill on which it stands. Between 14,000 and 17,000 prisoners were detained there, often in primitive brick cells built in former classrooms. -
Iranian Revolution
A series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty -
Hostage Crisis
Was a diplomatic standoff between the United States and Iran. Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college students . -
Civil Disobedience
The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.