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Congress party 1885
National Congress or congress party i sone of the two major political parties in india. It was from December 28-31 in the year of 1885. -
Muslim Leauge
Division Between hindus and muslims, they found common ground. They shared the heritage of british rule and a understanding of democratic ideals, bothe groups worked toward british independence -
Indian Troops Returning
Indian troops returned home from war. They expected britaim to fullfill it promise. They were treated again as second class. -
Rowalatt Acts
Laws allowed the government to jail protesters without trial for as long as two years. -
Amristare Massacre
To protest the Rowlatt Acts, around 10,000 Hindus and Muslims flocked to Amristar, a major city in the Punjab, in the spring of 1919. -
Turkey becomes a republic
The ottoman empire was forced to give all its territories expet turkey. Greek soldier invaded turkey and threatend to conquer it, the turkish sultans were powerless to stop greeks. Mustafa Kemal brilliant commander ld turkish nationalist to fighting back greeks and their british backers. -
Salt march
Ghandhi and his followers walked about 240 miles to seacoast. There they began to make their own salt by collecting seawater and letting it evaporate. -
Saudi Arabia
Ibn Saud a member of a once-powerful Arabian family, began a succesful campaign to unify Arabia. In 1932, he named the new kingdom Saudi Arabia after his family. -
Persia changed to traditional name Iran
In 1935, Reza Shah Pahlavi changed the name of the country from the greek name persia to the traditional name Iran. -
Mustafa Kemal Death
Kemal died in 1938. From his leadership, Turkey gained a nw sense of its national identity. His influence was so strong that the Turkish people gave him the name Ataturk. "Father of the Turks" it meant.
