The Cold War

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  • The Battle of Plassey established the British East India Company's dominance over India.

  • The British Government establishes rule over India (establishes the Raj)

  • he Indian National Congress was often able to govern the subcontinent by consensu

  • Muslim League wants a separate Pakistani state

  • Gandhi protested high British salt taxes by marching to the sea more that 200 miles away with more than 100 follower

  • The Yalta confrence

  • Division of Germany

  • India gained independence from British

  • Marshall plan and currency reform

  • Apartheid Begins in South Africa

  • The millitary occupation of west Germany ends

  • Fidel Castro assumes power after the Cuban Revolution

  • Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies

  • "The Bay of Pigs"

    The Bay of Pigs" - A group of Cuban exiles, backed by

  • 1962 August 31: Senator Kenneth Keating tells the Senate that there is evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba

    Senator Kenneth Keating tells the Senate that there is evidence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba

  • Senator Kenneth Keating tells the Senate that there is evidence

  • Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko, warns that an American attack on Cuba could mean war with the Soviet Union

  • Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba

    October 28: Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba

  • Mandela Captured and convicted of sabotage and treason and sentenced to life imprisonment

  • Berlin Wall is opened

  • 1990 February 11: Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years

    Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years

  • Apartheid Ends in South Africa