1. Rohan

2. REVOLUTION
 Fundamental change in power or
organizational structures that
takes place in a relatively short
period of time.
 There are two types of
revolution :
 Complete change from one
constitution to another
 Modification of an existing
constitution

4. INTRODUCTIO
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 The Tunisian Revolution is an intensive
campaign of civil resistance, including a series
of street demonstrations taking place in
Tunisia.

5. WHY TUNISIAN
REVOLUTION IS CALLED
JASMINE REVOLUTION ?
 Jasmine, which is a flower used in making a
kind of tea, suggests a calm emotional state.
The revolution was based on nonviolent protest,
rather than an armed assault on the existing
government.
 In Tunisia and the wider Arab world, the
protests and change in government are called
the Sidi Bouzid Revolt, derived from Sidi
Bouzid.

6. STORY BEHIND
JASMINE
REVOLUTION
 Twenty-six year old Mohamed Bouazizi had been
the sole income earner in his extended family of eight.
 He operated a purportedly unlicensed vegetable cart
for seven years in Sidi Bouzid 190 miles (300 km)
south of Tunis. On 17 December 2010 a
policewoman confiscated his cart and produce.

9. PROTEST
 The people of Sidi Bouzid overcame heavy censorship and police
repression to ensure that their uprising did not go unnoticed in silence.
 Protesters took to the streets with "a rock in one hand, a cell phone in
the other,"
 The self-immolation of the 26-year-old street vendor that triggered riots
causing the Tunisian leadership to flee the country, family members and
friends used social media to share the news of what was happening in
Sidi Bouzid with international media.

10. Continue…..
 The protests that erupted in Sidi Bouzid were indeed spontaneous, yet
they were marked by a level of organisation and sophistication that
appears grounded in the sheer determination of those who participated
in them.
 The Sidi Bouzid branch of the UGTT was engaged in the uprising from
day one.
 While the national leadership of the Tunisian General Labour Union
(UGTT) is generally viewed as lacking political independence from the
ruling class, its regional representatives have a reputation for gutsy
engagement.
 Grassroots members of some opposition movements did, however, play
an active role as individual activists (Ali Bouazizi, for instance, is a
member of the Progressive Democratic Party).

13. Thank You