Question

Write the different movements of Nigeria and India to get the freedom from British

Answer 1

At the turn of the 20th century, China was ruled by emperors of Manchu dynasty. The Manchu empire was over thrown and a republic established in 1911 under the leadership of Sun-Yat-Sen. But the country come under the control of regional military powers called “War lords”.After the Republican revolution the China entered a period of turmoil. The Guomindang (KMT or Kuomintang of China) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) emerged as major forces striving to units the country and bring stability. The Guomindang failed because of its narrow social base and limited political vision. CCP leader Mao Zedong took a different path by basing his revolutionary programme on the peasantry.The People’s Republic of China Government was established in 1949. The CCP rule gradually became a single party rule in which the supreme leaders or Chairman become all powerful.In mid 19th century, Vietnam came under the direct rule of the French. During the French rule, in Vietnam land lordship dominated agriculture economy and peasants.Ho chi Minh brought together competing nationalist groups to establish the Vietnamese Communist Party. The Democratic Republic of Vietnam was formed and Ho Chi Minh become chairman, when the Vietminh came to power in August 1945, with the help of the Ho Chi Minhgovernment in the north and the NLF fought for the unification of the country.The war between US and Vietnam was ended in 1974. The NLF occupied the presidential palace in Saigon on 30th April 1975 and finally unified Vietnam.An African country Nigeria becomes colony to Britain in 1861. Herbert Macaulay founded the Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDF) in 1923. In 1936 the Nigerian youth movement (NYM) was founded by Nnamdi Azikiwe. In 1944, Macaulay and NYM leader Azikiwe agreed to form the National council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC).Nigeria became independent on 1st October 1963. After a long haul of military dictatorship, Nigerians elected a democratic government in 1999. Multinational companies head by the Dutch shell company acquired rights over oil drilling in Nigeria.Then popular unrest grew steadily in Nigeria Delta region where various ethnic groups began demanding compensation for years of ecological damages as well as control over their land’s oil resources.10.The situation came further deteriorated in 1990 when an eminent human right activist and environmentalist Ken Saro Wiwawas executed by the military government despite international protests.




Revolt of 1857

Organised movements

World War I

The Rowlatt Act

Gandhi's way

Civil disobedience

Revolutionary activities

The elections

The Indian move to freedom

The Indian National Army

Quit India

India's independence (1947 to 1950)