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The British Withdrawal from India (1945-1947). A Contribution to the Study of the Final Period of the Britsh Raj
Hyhlíková, Zuzana ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis analyses the final stage of the British reign in British India. It follows up the period since the end of the Second World War to the creation of the two dominions, whereas it deals also with the era before 1945. This thesis aims to analyse gradual change of opinion in Britain on India. There had been apparent shift of thinking in London from the fully dependence of India on the mother country to the withdrawal from this colony. Britain had to decide who to pass on the power in the country. The vision of the united state came down with the British determination to devolve the area not to one but to two political groups. As a result, two successor states were born in the half of august 1947 - India and Pakistan. Decision to divide the country, determination of strict boundaries and consequences of the division of the subcontinent had far-reaching importance. Nowadays this is very sensitive issue on the both sides of the boundary. Key words: Great Britain, India, 1945-1947, Decolonisation, Partition of India, British Raj, Independence Movement
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Francisco José Tenreiro and the Independence of Saint Thomas and Prince Island
Zeman, Jakub ; Grauová, Šárka (advisor) ; Binková, Simona (referee)
Francisco José Tenreiro and the Independence of São Tomé and Príncipe The aim of this thesis is to explore the multifaceted figure of the poet, geographer, university professor, co-founder of the Centre of African Studies in Lisbon and deputy in the National Assembly of Portugal, Francisco José Tenreiro (1921-1963). In this case, the research is not focused only on the aspect of literature but also on the historical and cultural context, including the era of Harlem Negro Renaissance in the United States, the dawn of the Negritude movement in France and, above all, the problematic period of Salazar's dictatorship (The New State) in Portugal. As F. J. Tenreiro is considered one of the most significant figures originating in São Tomé and Príncipe, special attention is paid to one of the most tragic moments in the modern history of Portugal, known as the Massacre in Batepá, which occurred on the island of São Tomé in February 1953 during the administration of the governor Carlos de Sousa Gorgulho, causing hundreds of deaths and prefigurating the collapse of the Portuguese colonial empire. While the other prominent Portuguese-speaking African intellectuals and nationalists of that period, such as Alda Graça do Espírito Santo, Agostinho Neto and Mário Pinto de Andrade, criticised the act of violence and...
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The British Withdrawal from India (1945-1947). A Contribution to the Study of the Final Period of the Britsh Raj
Hyhlíková, Zuzana ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis analyses the final stage of the British reign in British India. It follows up the period since the end of the Second World War to the creation of the two dominions, whereas it deals also with the era before 1945. This thesis aims to analyse gradual change of opinion in Britain on India. There had been apparent shift of thinking in London from the fully dependence of India on the mother country to the withdrawal from this colony. Britain had to decide who to pass on the power in the country. The vision of the united state came down with the British determination to devolve the area not to one but to two political groups. As a result, two successor states were born in the half of august 1947 - India and Pakistan. Decision to divide the country, determination of strict boundaries and consequences of the division of the subcontinent had far-reaching importance. Nowadays this is very sensitive issue on the both sides of the boundary. Key words: Great Britain, India, 1945-1947, Decolonisation, Partition of India, British Raj, Independence Movement
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