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31-2. South and Southeast Asia. I. India Divided. A. After WWII, India was divided into 2 countries based on religion 1. India-Hindu 2. Pakistan- Muslim. B. In 1947 Muslims fled to Pakistan while Hindus fled to India 1. Mass migrations led to violence, millions were killed.

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  1. 31-2 South and Southeast Asia

  2. I. India Divided • A. After WWII, India was divided into 2 countries based on religion • 1. India-Hindu • 2. Pakistan- Muslim

  3. B. In 1947 Muslims fled to Pakistan while Hindus fled to India • 1. Mass migrations led to violence, millions were killed

  4. II. The New India • A. India formed a parliamentary government with Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister • 1. Nehru wanted a moderate socialist state • 2. Industry tripled in 15 years

  5. B. Indira Gandhi was the next Prime Minister • 1. During her rule, militant Sikhs demanded freedom for Punjab • 2. Gandhi used force to suppress the rebels, she was assassinated in retaliation

  6. III. Pakistan • A. East and West Pakistan are very different • 1. East- marshy land densely populated with rice farmers • 2. West- Dry and mountainous

  7. B. East Pakistan split from Pakistan and became Bangladesh

  8. IV. Southeast Asia • A. By 1949; Philippines, Burma, Malaya, and Indonesia had all gained freedom • B. In Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh and the communists fought against French rule • 1. In 1945 they controlled North Vietnam • 2. The French kept control of South Vietnam

  9. C. By 1965, Communist guerrillas (Viet Cong) were ready to seize South Vietnam • D. The U.S. began by providing aid to S. Vietnam but sent troops by March 1965 • E. By 1975, All of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fell to Communism

  10. F. Pol Pot became dictator of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia • 1. This brutal regime killed all dissidents and intellectuals

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