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| 367079488 | Indian National Congress | led indians to independence & has governed through most of the postcolonial era; associations centered in Bombay, Poona, Calcutta, and Madras | 0 | |
| 367079489 | B. G. Tilak | believed nationalism should be built on appeals to Hindu religiosity | 1 | |
| 367079490 | Mohandas K. Gandhi | great influence on nationalist politicians; stressed nonviolent but aggressive protest tactics | 2 | |
| 367079491 | Jawaharlal Nehru | one of Gandhi's disciples; governed India after independence (1947); committed to program of social reform and economic development; preserved civil rights and democracy | 3 | |
| 367079492 | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | muslim nationalist in India; originally member of the National Congress Party; became leader of Muslim League; traded muslim support for British during WWII for promises of seperate muslim state after war; 1st president of Pakistan | 4 | |
| 367079493 | Theodor Herzl | Austrian journalist and Zionist; formed World Zionist Organization in 1897; promoted Jewish migration to Palestine and formation of a Jewish state | 5 | |
| 367079494 | Kwame Nkrumah | African nationalist during period of decolonization; responsible for creation of 1st independent black Afrian state of Ghana (1957); established power through his own party, the Convention Peoples Party | 6 | |
| 367079495 | Jomo Kenyatta | leader of nonviolent nationalist party in Kenya; organized Kenya African Union; failed to win concessions because of resistance of white settlers; came to power only after suppression of Land Freedom Army or Mau Mau | 7 | |
| 367079496 | Nelson Mandela | long-imprisoned leader of African National Congress party; worked with ANC leadership and F.W. De Klerk's supporters to dismantle apartheid system from mid 1980's onward; in 1994, 1st black prime minister of S. Africa | 8 | |
| 367079497 | satyagraha | truth force; Gandhi's policy of nonviolent opposition to Bristish colonialism | 9 | |
| 367079498 | Muslim League | founded 1906 to better support demands of Muslims for seperate electorates and legislative seats in HIndu dominated India; represented division within Indian nationalist movement | 10 | |
| 367079499 | Zionism | originated in E. Europe 1860's and 1870's that argued Jews must return to a Middle Eastern Holy Land; eventually identified with settlement of Palestine | 11 | |
| 367079500 | Atlantic Charter | WWII alliance agreement between U.S. and Britain; included a clause that recognized the right of all people to choose the form of goverment which they live; indicated sympathy for decolonization | 12 | |
| 367079501 | Land Freedom Army | radical organization for independence in Kenya; frustarted by failure of nonviolent means, initiated campaign of terror in 1952; referred to by British as Mau Mau | 13 | |
| 367079502 | Afrikaner National Party | emerged as majority party in the all-white S. African legislature after 1948; advocated complete independence from Britain; favored rigid system of racial seperation | 14 | |
| 367079503 | African National Congress | black political organization within S. Africa; pressed for end to policies of apartheid; sought open democracy leading to black majority rule; until 1990's declared illegal in S. Africa | 15 | |
| 367079504 | apartheid | policy of strict racial segregation imposed in S. Africa to permit continued dominance of whites politically and economically | 16 | |
| 367079505 | Biafra | founded as independent nation in E. Nigeria; where Ibo people were numerous; suppressed as an independent state and reincorporated into Nigeria (1970) | 17 | |
| 367079506 | Bangladesh | founded as independent nation (1972); formerly East Pakistan | 18 | |
| 367079507 | Saddam Hussein | military ruler of Iraq; led Iraq in 10-year war with Iran; attempted to annex Kuwait to Iraq in 1990; defeated by coalation of American, European, and Arab forces in 1991 in Persian Gulf War | 19 | |
| 367079508 | Indira Gandhi | daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru; installed as a figurehead primem minister by congress party bosses (1966); became central figure of India politics, position she maintained | 20 |
