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Starvation
Nectar in a Sieve In 1943, starvation in Bengal epidemic occured throught out the country, which in Nectar in the Sieve Kamala Markandaya talks about how the family suffered from starvation due to not enough money and weather conditions. This caused a lot of poeple to die or on the verge of dieing, which the narrator in the book discusses about her village and many asking for food from everybody. -
Gandhi helps India
Gandhi
In 1947, Gandhi helped India gain independence. He was the first one to take a stand, but Gandhi was upset of the independence of India because it split India into two states- India and Pakistan. He did his best to avoid violence between the Hindus and Muslims. -
Nehru wants industrialization
GandhiNehru who became new prime minister after Gandhi was assassinated didn't believe in Gandhi schemes even though it was Gandhi's former disciple. He believed the answer to India's problem to be fixed is by industrializing. Which he made India's economy worse by making the unemployment rate go up, by replacing the work with machines instead of humans. -
Fail for education
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ndia's education has always been not the best, in the 1950's barely any child was being educated, especially women. The girls had to stay home with their mother, learning house work and responsibility. Even some families made there kids including boys had to stay home and help their parents at there house. -
India Becomes a Republic
New York Times Before January 26,1950 the British ruled India. Many leaders including Gandhi who campaigned of nonviolence, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah who both wanted independence from Britian. Many people agreed with these leaders. It took a lot of affort to gain indepedence, but suprisingly they did, and still today they are indepedent as a country. -
Treaty is signed
The treaty The Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship signed. This treaty allowed free movement of people and goods between the two nations and a relationship and collaboration on matters of defense and foreign affairs. Both Nepal and India stepped up their military. This as well was a major impact on India because it affected many people. -
Floods and Earthquake
Flood in Medog A major Medog earthquake and floods occured in Assam. This had 574 deaths, and 5,000,000. In the story the narrator talked about how there were typhoons occuring and massive amounts of rain, which affected many people if there main income of money was of agriculture. Overall this was a major inpact on what happened in India. -
Unequal land ownership
Unequal land ownershipIn the 1950's, if you were higher up in the caste system, then you were ediable to gain more land, while you were lower in the caste system you were ediable to gain less land. -
Nectar in a Sieve was written
Nectar in a Sieve was written Necatar in a Sieve was written by Kamala Markandaya. Most of her stories consisted of a culture clash between India urban and rural societies. She wrote about what was acutally happening in India at the time. In the story she talks about how the family don't have a lot of food, due to a huge typhoon, and weather, which in India typhoon and harsh weather conditions did occur in India, and left people with no homes. -
Atomic Energy and Planning Commissions to the Election Commissions
Nectar of the Sieve This election proved crucial to maintaining India as a democracy.This has help India's economy to sustain an open society.
