Contemporary Period Essential Terms Part II Flashcards

155776307	Indian National Congress	Grew out of regional associations of Western-educated Indians; originally centered in cities of Bombay, Poona, Calcutta, and Madras; became political party in 1885; focus of nationalist movement in India; governed through most of postcolonial period.	0
155776308	B. G. Tilak	Believed that nationalism in India should be based on appeals to Hindu religosity; worked to promote the restoration and revival of ancient Hindu traditions; offended Muslims and other religious group; first Populist leader in India.	1
155776309	Mohandas K. Gandhi	Leader of the Indian independence movement and advocate of nonviolent resistance. After being educated as a lawyer in England, he returned to India and became leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920.	2
155776310	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
155792123	Muhammad Ali Jinnah	A Muslim nationalist in India; originally a member of the National Congress party; became leader of Muslim League; traded Muslim support for British during WWII for promises of a separate Muslim state after the war; was first president of Pakistan.	4
155792124	Theodor Hertzl	Austrian journalist and Zionist; formed World Zionist Organization in 1897; promoted Jewish migration to Palestine and formation of a Jewish state.	5
155792125	Kwame Nkrumah	African nationalist during period of decolonization; responsible for creation of first independent, black African state of state of Ghana in 1957; established power through his own party, the Convention Peoples party. (CCP)	6
155792126	Jomo Kenyatta	Leader of the nonviolent nationalist party in Kenya; organized the Kenya Africa Union (KAU); failed to win concessions because of resistance of white settlers; come to power only after suppression of the Land Freedom Army, or Mau Mau.	7