Glossary

Tyanna James

 

• Amritsar: A city in India and the site of a massacre in 1919 of unarmed supporters of Indian self-government by British troops; in 1984, the Golden Temple, fortified by Sikhs, was attacked by Indian troops.

• Cabinet Mission: The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government to Indian leadership, providing India with independence.

• Civil Disobedience: The active, non-violent refusal to obey laws and commands of a government. Some famous figures who practiced civil disobedience were Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Henry David Thoreau.

• Indian National Congress: The Indian National Congress (INC), founded in 1885, is the largest democratic political organization. Over the years, the INC has had more than 15 million members and over 70 millions participants.

• London Round Table Conference: The three Round Table Conferences of 1930–32 were a series of conferences organized by the British Government to discuss constitutional reforms in India.

• Mahatma: great soul- as a description of Gandhi that Rabindranath made popular throughout the years of Gandhi's political rule over India. Later on, Gandhi was known was Mahatma Gandhi.

• Pakistan: The 6th most populous country with a population of about 179 million. It was founded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1947. Pakistan is bordered by Afghanistan, India, Iran, and China.

• Salt March: a 200 mile march to the sea to collect salt as a symbol of defience against the British

• Sectarian Strife: violence between subdivisions in a group caused by things such as religious differences or class. For example, there is religious quarreling between Hindus and Muslims.

• Swaraj: can mean generally self-governance or "self-rule", and was used synonymous with "home-rule" by Gandhi. The word usually refers to Gandhi's concept for Indian independence from foreign domination.