The document outlines key topics about independence and development in the Global South from 1914 to the present. It discusses self-determination movements in Africa and Asia that led to the end of European colonial empires due to international, social and economic factors. Leaders of independence movements faced obstacles and are named for various countries. India's independence movement through the Indian National Congress and Gandhi's role using satyagrha is summarized. Conflicts in India between nationalist and Muslim groups are covered as well as apartheid in South Africa and political systems adopted by newly independent nations in the Global South.