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Britain colonised India....France had colonised Indo-China region ...in wake of this many
anti colonial movements rose against the FRENCH MIGHT .....among them were the
following !
The Indo-China region in South East Asia comprising three countries: Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Scholars Movement :
- An early
movement against the spread of Christianity and french control was the
Scholar's revolt of 1868.
- It was led by
the officials of the imperial court who were angered by the spread of
Catholic French Power.
- The revolt was
led by a general uprising in NguAn and Ha Tien provinces where over
thousand Catholics were killed.
- Vietnamese
organizers of this movement were angry because nearly 300,000 Vietnamese
were converted to Christianity from 17th to 18th century by the French
colonial government.
- Although the
revolt was crushed but it has profound impact on Vietnamese and inspired
patriotism against French domination.
Hoa Hao Movement :
- Another movement called Hoa Hao movement began in 1939 in the fertile Nekong Delta area. It gained popular religious ideas in Anti-French uprising of 19th century.
- Hoa Hao movement was started by Huynh Phu So who performed miracles and helped the poor.
- He criticized against useless expenditure and opposed the sale of child brides, gambling and the use of alcohol and opium.
- French declared him mad, called him the Mad Bonze,and put him in a mental asylum. Interestingly, the doctor who had to prove him insane became his follower, and finally in 1941, even the French doctors declared that he was sane.
- The French authorities exiled him to Laos and sent many of his followers to concentration camps
