Difference between revisions of "2009-10 AM Fictions of India - Expert Group on History"
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'''SALMAN RUSHDIE - MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN (1981)''' | '''SALMAN RUSHDIE - MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN (1981)''' | ||
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Adaam Aziz returns to Kashmir (5) '''Ghandi returns to India in 1915''' | Adaam Aziz returns to Kashmir (5) '''Ghandi returns to India in 1915''' | ||
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Sees her face when she has a headache (28) '''End of WWII''' | Sees her face when she has a headache (28) '''End of WWII''' | ||
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| + | They marry and move to Amritzar | ||
| + | Public and peaceful mourning over the continuing presence of the British (37) | ||
| + | '''Protests against the Rowlett Act''' | ||
Revision as of 21:31, 1 February 2010
Expert Group on History
KIM
cf. page 46: Indian Mutiny 1857-8 Indians first war of independence Result: housecleaning of the Indian administration, the direct rule
cf. page 108: The Big War 1878-1880 Second Afghan war The first of three Interventions of the British Empire in Afghanistan to save their supremacy and stop the Russian expansion = Great Game
The Great Game was an expression for the battle between Great Britain and Russia for the dominance over Central Asia during 1813 - 1947. It came into mainstream consciousness becasue of the novel.
SALMAN RUSHDIE - MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN (1981)
Events in (Indian) history with connection to the plot:
Adaam Aziz returns to Kashmir (5) Ghandi returns to India in 1915
Aadam examines his future wife through a perforated sheet (26) WWI
Sees her face when she has a headache (28) End of WWII
They marry and move to Amritzar Public and peaceful mourning over the continuing presence of the British (37) Protests against the Rowlett Act
