Timeline of Anarchism in Southern Asia: Difference between revisions

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This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Southern Asia (an area including the states of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives) that are relevant to libertarian socialism.

Before Common Era

3300BCE: Indus River Valley Civilization forms. (now Pakistan)
1730: Bishnoi Forest Campaign (now India)
1958: Sri Lanka Transport Board created (Sri Lanka)
1988: Federation of Community Forest Users established (Nepal)

2000s

2006: Phulbari Anti-Mine Movement (Bangladesh)
2010: Sri Lankan Veterinarian Strike (Sri Lanka)Doctors in Sri Lanka strike over the poor treatment of elephants.
2010: Negombo Lagoon Campaign (Sri Lanka)

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 == Before Common Era ==
-* 3300BCE: The [[Indus River Valley Civilization]] forms.
+* 3300BCE: [[Indus River Valley Civilization]] forms. (now Pakistan)
+* 1730: [[Bishnoi Forest Campaign]] (now India)
-== 1700s ==
+* 1958: [[Sri Lanka Transport Board]] created (Sri Lanka)
-* 1730: The [[Bishnoi Forest Campaign]] sees 363 sacrifice their lives and be killed by soldiers to save a forest from destruction.<ref>[[Global Nonviolent Action Database]]: "[https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/bishnoi-villagers-sacrifice-lives-save-trees-1730 Bishnoi villagers sacrifice lives to save trees, 1730]"</ref>
+* 1988: [[Federation of Community Forest Users]] established (Nepal)
-== 1900s ==
-* 1947: Sri Lanka sees a [[Sri Lankan General Strike (1947)|general strike]] in response to [[British Empire|British Imperialism]], leading to its indepedence.<ref>[[T.B. Dissanayake]] - [https://libcom.org/library/1947-general-strike-ceylon-sri-lanka 1947 General Strike, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)]
-</ref>
-* 1958: The [[Sri Lanka Transport Board]] begins its 21-year long experiment with [[Workers' Self-Management|self-management]].
-* 1958: The [[Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement]] begins in Sri Lanka.
-* 1988: The [[Federation of Community Forest Users]] is established to protect forests in Nepal.<ref>[[Trupti Parkeh Mehta]] (2002) - [https://www.perc.org/2002/06/01/community-forestry-in-india-and-nepal/ Community Forestry in India and Nepal] </ref>
 == 2000s ==
-* 2006: The [[Phulbari Anti-Mine Movement]] begins, as environmentalists try to stop the construction of a coal mine that would pollute water sources and farmland as well as displacing thousands of people.<ref>[[Global Nonviolent Action Database]]: "[https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/indigenous-peoples-bangladesh-protest-stop-open-pit-coal-mine-2006-2014 Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh Protest to Stop Open Pit Coal Mine 2006-2014]"</ref>
+* 2006: [[Phulbari Anti-Mine Movement]] (Bangladesh)
-* 2010: Doctors in Sri Lanka [[Sri Lankan Veterinarian Strike (2010)|strike]] over the poor treatment of elephants.<ref>[[Global Nonviolent Action Database]]: [https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/sri-lankan-veterinarians-strike-better-treatment-elephants-2010 Sri Lankan veterinarians strike for better treatment of elephants, 2010]</ref>
+* 2010: [[Sri Lankan Veterinarian Strike (2010)|Sri Lankan Veterinarian Strike]] (Sri Lanka)Doctors in Sri Lanka [[Sri Lankan Veterinarian Strike (2010)|strike]] over the poor treatment of elephants.
-* 2010: The [[Negombo Lagoon Campaign]] begins in Sri Lanka as fishers and environmentalists attempt to stop the construction of a seaplane platform.<ref>[[Global Nonviolent Action Database]] - [https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/sri-lankan-fishermen-stop-building-seaplane-platform-negombo-lagoon-2010-2011 Sri Lankan fishermen stop building of seaplane platform in Negombo Lagoon, 2010-2011]
+* 2010: [[Negombo Lagoon Campaign]] (Sri Lanka)
-</ref>
-* 2011: The [[Arab Spring]] spreads to the Maldives, leading to the [[Arab Spring (Maldives)|fall of president]].<ref>[[Global Nonviolent Action Database]]: [https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/maldivians-demand-resignation-president-2011 Maldivians demand resignation of the president, 2011]</ref>
-* 2012:  60,000 fishermen from across Sri Lanka refuse to take their boats out in protest against rising fuel prices.<ref>
-		  [https://libcom.org/blog/sri-lankan-police-open-fire-protesting-workers-15022012 Sri Lankan police open fire on protesting workers]
-	    </ref>
 == See Also ==
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 * [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Asia]]
 * [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southeast Asia]]
-* [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Oceania]]
+* [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Oceania]][[Category:Timelines]]
-== References ==
-<references />[[Category:Timelines]]
 [[Category:Libertarian Socialist Wiki]]
 [[Category:Libertarian Socialism]]
 [[Category:Asia]]
 [[Category:Southern Asia]]