Hey all whats going on... nothing to much here. I just stopped talking to D and now I have go to go bed to be my beauty sleep if I ever want to be as hott as her lol... anyway I dont feel to good and I dont want to go to school tomorrow at all lol... O yea my report card came out today and I got yelled at lol... I dont remember the grades exactly
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Peter Jones
February 16, 20005
Time Line
British East India Company - 1800's
* imperialist company that took control of India. And brought about change.
Sepoy Rebellion - 1857
*The sepoy rebellion was the Hindu and Museums fighting back against the British East India Company over guns and gun cartridges .
Amritsar Massacre - 1919
* The civile disobedience of Indians. It was a small informal gathering in one of the Indian town squares, when the British soldiers open fired and kill many Indian civilians.
Mohandas Gandhi starts peaceful protest movement in India - 1920
* Gandhi starts protesting because the British opened fire on a defenseless crowd. And this pushed him over the edge, and made him fight back.
The Salt March - 1930
* The great salt march was when all the Muslims and Hindus marched to the sea for salt. They marched because the British were charging too much for salt when it was produced in their country.
Mohandas Gandhi assassinated - 1948
* Gandhi was assassinated because he wanted the Muslims and the Hindus to be one country. He was killed by an extremist of his own faith.
Sri Lanka gains independence - 1948
*Sri Lanka gains independence, ending 152 years of British rule
Beginning of Nehru Dynasty - 1948
* This happend when the split of the Muslims and Hindus.
Jawaharlal Nehru - 1948 - 1946
* J. Nehru was the first prime minister of India. He also was one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress.
Muslims create Pakistan - 1947
* Muslims create Pakistan in fear that the Hindus being the majority would take over and control them like the British.
Indira Gandhi rules India - 1966
* She ruled during political and religious tension in India. Was the creator of the green revolution. She did this in order to help her people and make life better.
Nuclear arms race between Pakistan and India - 1970
* Race between Pakistan and India, that caused many problem with the United Nations.
Bengalis create Bangladesh - 1971
* Was created out of east Pakistan. They separated it because they spoke different language, and had different customs.
Indira Gandhi assassinated - 1984
* Assassinated by her body guards. She was assassinate because she would not give the Sikh the separation they wanted and then she took their holiest shrine and drove out separatists with troops and tanks.
Bhopal Disaster - 1984
* The Bhopal Disaster was the leak of a deadly gas that killed many people. It would kill many in their sleep because you would not know when it was coming till to late.
Rajiv Gandhi - 1984 - 1989
* Escalated violence in Sri Lanka by supporting the Buddhists.
Rajiv Gandhi assassinated - 1991
* He supported the Buddhists. He was killed by the Tamil guerillas.
End of the Nehru Dynasty - 1991
* The assassination of the three Nehru’s led to the down fall and soon end of the Nehru Dynasty.
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