History of Modern India
Mondern India
Diaz rounds cape of Good Hope in 1480's
Da Gama reaches India in 1490's
Asked by Indians what he had come for- "for christianity and spice"
A few christians lived in INdia, Portuguese wanted to protect them, but really wanted to convert
Spices were nto in INdia, but ti becomes a trading station on route to Spice islands, Indonesia
Obtain the island of Gao in 1510
Priests gain friends among Braihmins and are able …
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…led by religious leaders
Dalai lama escapes and goes into exile
Chinese destroy 4,000 monestaries in 60's
Tibetans are still fighting for independance
Bhutan - mostly Bhotia ethnic group
call themselves Drukpas or Dragon people
Tibetan Buddhism / many monestaries
India and china fight over control
British attempts to control it
Eventually protected by the United Nations
Modernizes in 50's and 60's
still isolated today - keep people and stuff out - corruption like Disney and McDonalds
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