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    was under Japanese rule. The main characters are faced with laws made to destroy Korean culture and replace it with Japanese culture. The book is told through two siblings’ points of views. Sun-hee, an 11-year-old, and Tae-yul, a 13-year-old, are forced to change their name to a Japanese name because of a countrywide law. They discover that their uncle is printing a resistance paper for the illegal independence movement after they hear their father and uncle arguing with each other. Sun-hee receives

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    British Rule in India at the End of the First World War By the end of the First World War the British Rule in India was still powerful, but would soon break down. However, thousands of Indians fought in the war hoping that in return they would be given home rule. It would have been difficult to win without the invaluable help of the Indians and their constant supply of manpower. India was a vast supplier of raw materials to Britain and would in return buy British manufactured

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    Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal) were the Swadeshi triumvirate who advocated the Swadeshi movement involving the boycott of all imported items and the use of Indian-made goods in 1907. The last years of the nineteenth century, saw a radical sensibility emerge among some Indian Intellectuals. This position burst onto the national all-India scene in 1905 with the Swadeshi movement - the term is usually rendered as "self reliance" or "self sufficiency".[1] Lal-Bal-Pal, mobilized Indians

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    little success. Later on, he joined an Indian firm and was sent to an office in South Africa along with his wife and kids. Discrimination against Indians in South Africa motivated Gandhi to lead an 8-year campaign of civil disobedience. After the movement, he moved back to India and became a leader in the revolution against British control. In 1906 Gandhi wrote, "The British have not taken India, we have given it to them. They are not in India because of their strength, but because we keep them."

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    How does the supreme leader of Indian independence view the new innovations coming into India? In 1909, Mohandas Gandhi shares his views of the societal ills in modern India during the time. He does this through the writing of Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule. Throughout the book, Gandhi proves the overall state of India has dissolved due to the roles of lawyers, actions of doctors, and effects of the railways. First, the overall condition of India has decomposed due to the roles of lawyers. The

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    Gandhi Gandhi was the leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British rule at the turn of the twentieth century, and is widely considered the father of his country. His doctrine of non-violent protest to achieve political and social progress, and struggles against oppression have been greatly influential globally. He travelled to South Africa as a young law graduate, and returned to India as Mahatma, the ‘great-souled one’. “Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it

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    spirit of “Bharat Mata,” or “Mother India,” alive. The freedom fighters united the citizens no matter their caste, religion, or creed. After India gained its independence, however, these cascades of internal problems led to more and more disunity. This essay analyzes how even though the freedom fighters fought hard for Indian Independence, their struggles and accomplishments seem to be shadowed by the political, religious, and social divisions and turmoil present in India today; however, the music

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    Gandhi Vs. Hitler 's Life

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    With his battle against the segregation, Gandhi founded a political movement, the Natal Indian congress. The belief in non-violent civil protest was brought into a political stand point. When Gandhi returned to India in 1916, he continued to develop his practice of non-violent civil disobedience. The Non-Violent Civil Disobedience

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    (Nanda). After over two decades in South Africa, Gandhi returned to India in 1915 and became the leader of the Indian Nationalist movement that fought for home rule (Biography.com). Due to Gandhi’s methods of protest being non-violent, it was difficult for the British government to find a reason to put a halt to his actions. Gandhi was unlike other Indian independence activists as he did not advocate direct action to overthrow the British and he would even go as far as discontinuing strikes and protests

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    resistance called satyagraha, which would begin a movement that would spread across India. The satyagraha under Gandhi started with only a small minority of Indians, however with the help of Nehru and Jinnah, Gandhi was able to speak upon other Indians to join and help end the rule of Great Britain over India. In the 1982 movie, Gandhi, Director Richard Attenborough depicted a scene where Gandhi gave a speech to the Indian people that this movement would only work when the entire population works

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