Nationalism

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to try to get the British to improve the condition and grant independence to India. Gandhi became known as ‘Mahatma,’ meaning “great soul” and was organizing mass protests, but some got out of hand and led to British troops killing unarmed protesters. In 1919, Gandhi was arrested for his role in the protests and was sentenced to several years in prison. In 1921, the British passed the Government of India Act which expanded the role of Indians in the governing process and transformed it into a bicameral parliament were two-thirds of the members would be elected.
In 1897, Theodor Herzl setup an international convention in Switzerland, which led to the creation of the World Zionist Organization. Its goal was to create a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine, which was under Ottoman rule. Over the next decade, immigration of the Jewish people to Palestine increased and by the start of World War One, the population was about 85,000. In 1917, the British Foreign Secretary ...

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