South asia

• The call for Nationalism in India started due to its colonization by the British people in 1858
• Indians had no control over their own bureaucracy, had their lands stolen, and their values and traditions diluted
• The domination of British rule in India was prevalent
• Sepoy Rebellion


  1. Introduction of the new Enfield Rifle

  2. Cartridges rumored to be lubricated with pig and cow lard

  3. Indian soldiers deemed this as an insult as Indian Hindus do not eat cow meat and Indian Muslims do not eat pig meat
• The Sepoy Rebellion was the first step towards the search for independence
• Mohandas Gandhi


  Nationalist who rallied against the English rule through non-violent means or Ahimsa instead of carrying guns and other weapons, he urged the public to boycott British products and led hunger strikes across the nation
• Indians gained their independence

  15th of August, 1947
• Pakistan territory was once a part of Greater India
• The division among Indian Hindus and Indian Muslims led to the creation of Pakistan
• Hindus adopted most of the British ways while the opposite group was reluctant about it
• The bureaucracy was monopolized by Hindus, which made the Muslims feel marginalized because their stances could not be represented
• Mohammad Ali Jinnah


  Muslim politician who successfully entered post in the All Indian National Congress, became the first governor-general of Pakistan
• Pakistan was formally separated from India


  August 1947
• Sri Lanka, formerly called Ceylon, had its history intertwined with the Indian subcontinent's history
• Sri Lanka's geographical position allowed it to have unique characteristics, such as the creation of Sinhalese language, which is indigenous to the island
• Don Stephen Senanayake


  Urged for economic self-determination of the island until the conception of its full independence
• Sri Lanka gained the status of Dominion granted by the British people


  1948
• The status of Dominion meant that the country is an autonomous entity but pledges allegiance to the British empire
• The Republic of Sri Lanka was founded

  1972
• Maldives was influenced by Indian kings in the beginning of the tenth century
• Before its conception as a country in the middle of the sixteenth century, the Maldives became a center of interest to foreign powers, specifically the Portuguese, who monopolized the trade of Cowry shells, an indigenous product of the island, which was used as an ingredient in perfumes
• With the expulsion of Portuguese rulers, the Maldives was adopted as a British protectorate and was placed under the wing of the Dutch rulers of Sri Lanka in 1887
• Maldives was granted full independence


  1965
• Ahmed Zaki


  First Prime Minister of Maldives after gaining full independence in the 1960s
• Ibrahim Nasir


  First President of Maldives after gaining full independence in the 1960s
• Like the other South Asian countries, the land of Afghanistan (before its conception of freedom as a nation) was colonized by the Imperial British
• First Anglo-Afghan War


  1. The Englishmen successfully occupied the city of Kabul

  2. Commander Akbar Khan defeated them
• Second Anglo-Afghan War


  1. The British came back

  2. Abdur Rahman Khan defeated them
• English supremacy was needed to protect the Afghans from the perils posed by the Russians and Persians
• Afghans regained their country's control on external affairs and freedom from the British empire after they won the Third Anglo-Afghan war


  1919