NATIONALISM IN SOUTH ASIA Power Point
NATIONALISM IN SOUTH ASIA Power Point
ASIA
Unlocking Difficulties:
• Caste system- a very rigid social stratification of Indian society
• Discuss the differences between the Indian Muslims and the Indian
Hindus.
What is nationalism?
A feeling that people have of being loyal to and
proud of their country after with the belief that
is better and more important than other
countries.
What are the countries that belong to Asia ?
• Philippine
• India
• China
• Hong Kong
• Vietnam
• Singapore
• Myanmar
• Malaysia
• Japan
• Thailand
• Around mid-1800s the British defeated the
army of Napoleon, Bonaparte and they
colonized India.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
• He was a French military leader and
emperor who conquered much of Europe
in the early 19th century.
• When Napoleon defeated That is the time that
England colonized India.
• Hindu, were the first to cooperate with the
British.
• This cooperation gave the Hindus to have their
capability and both study their own culture and
foreign culture and see their weaknesses and
strength.
• Some educated Indians, who moulded in
the belief that a foreign culture was
superior to the indigenous culture
1.Widows were given the right to remarry and not to be burned alive during
their husband’s cremation.
4. It restored the right of the people to choose their religion, whatever their
social class, and to worship wherever they wanted.
in (1817-1905) Davendranath Tagore
• Continues the teaching of Roy’s and he
championed the cause of education for all
Indians.
• And after Davendranath, Rabindranath
continued his works.
Who is Rabindranath?
• He was the son of Davendranath.
• He was born to a wealthy family and was
properly educated in India’s classical
literature, western philosophy, and the
three languages
• Sanskrit, Persians, and English
• He followed the footsteps of his father and received the Nobel prize for
literature in 1913.
• Equality in social opportunities for the Indians and British, but this
demand was rejected by Queen Vitoria.
• The English banned the production and used.
Native good from soap to lint
• They poured cheap English product into huge
Indian market, through the English factories
benefited from the situation, the native artisans
suffered severe losses.
• The natives themselves attempt to solve this
situation by launching the swadesh.
What is swadesh class?
-A movement to sufficiently provide for the basic needs and
employment opportunities.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or
Mahatma Ghandi?
• is the famous member of national congress.
• He was popular among the intellectuals
and the masses, and was warmly accepted
by the different society. Under his
leadership millions were persuaded to
work for the cause of Indian independence
• Indian Muslim experienced difficulties against their fellow Indians
who were Hindus who are colonized by the English people.
• Indian Muslim is the first Mughal rulers of India and to be under by
Hindus was very painful.
• The Difference between the Indian Muslim and Hindus caused a
split to the Indian nationalist movement.