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Nationalism in India
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rules India until the 1850's? | The British east india company |
| indian soldiers who serve in the british army? | sepoys |
| india was known as this in the empire? | india was known as the jewel in the crown |
| what was india forced to produce for the british empire | india was forced to produce raw materials for british manufacturing |
| what made the transport of cash crops and goods easier? | railroads |
| what did the british hold in india | political and economical power |
| who disrupted indian daily life | missionarias and racial atitudes |
| what were the underlying factors of the sepoy mutiny | religious friction, doctrine of the lapse, unfair justice system towards indians and high caste sepoys |
| what was the immediate factor that led to the sepoy mutiny | the enfield rifle |
| what was offensive about the cartridges for the enfield rifles | they were lubricated with animal fat |
| when did briain take direct command of india | british took direct control |
| who is mangel pandey | an indian soldier, well known for his role in the indian mutiny |
| what was his defense | mangel claimed he didnt know what he was doing and was under the influence of cannabis and opium |
| what is the raj | it refers to british rule after india came under the british crown |
| who is ram mohun roy | ram is the leader of the moderntization movement |
| what was the name of the two nationalist groups that formed | the indian national congress and the muslim league |
| what religions made up each group | the indian natural congerss is hindu's and the muslim league is muslim |
| what did the british promise in return for service during WWI | reforms |
| what was the Rowlatt act | it was that they could jail protesters without trial |
| what did indians do to protest the Rowlatt act | they flocked to amristar and fasted, prayed and listened to political speeches |
| what was the effect of the amistar massacre on the indian population | there was 400 indians killed and 1,200 wounded |
| who was charles freer andrews? | charles was a church of england priest who favored indian independence and became a friend of Mohandus Gandhi |
| how did he describe the amritsar massacre | cold-blooded and inhumane |
| what does mahatma mean | great soul |
| what did gandhi urge the indian national congress to follow? | a policy on non cooperation with the british government |
| why did gandhi launch his civil disobedience campaign? | launched to weaken british authority and economic power |
| what is civil disobedience? | the delibrate and public refusal to obey and unjust law. |
| what did gandhi ask the indian people to refuse to do? | to refuse to buy british goods, attend government, pay british taxes or vote in elections |
| what was the effect of the boycotts on the british empire | it took an economic toll on the british |
| how did the british respond to protesters? | they arrested thousands of indians |
| what was the salt march | a march in protest of the salt act |
| what did the government of india act allow? | local self government, granted limited democratic elections but didnt grant total independence |
| what fueled tenseions between hindus and muslims | the government of india act |
| what angered hindu extremists? | the partition of bengal and the pressure forces britain to divide it differently |
| who was the leader of the muslim league | muhammad ali jonnah |
| what is partition | splitting india into two counties |
| what two nations did partition form | pakistan and india |
| when were the two nations granted independence | 1947 |
| what resulted in the death of a million people | a million deaths |
| who assassinated gandhi | nathuram godse |
| why did he assassinte gandhi | he opposed gandhis support of muslim rights |
| what territory has india and pakistan fought over several times? | kashmir |
| who was jawaharlal nehru? | becomes the first prime minister of independent india |
| what types of problems does modern india face? | various population, social and religious problems. also india struggles with pakistan. |
| how was the nation of bangladesh formed? | it was formed after the civil war erupted and each wins becoming bangladesh |
| who is benazir bhutto? | he leads pakistan in 1980's and 1990's but is ousted and then assassinated. |
| what does bangladesh struggle with? | political instability and economic hardship. |
| why was their civil war in sri lanka? | buddhist sinhalese and hindu tamils split population and fight for their own state. |
| who won the sri lankan civil war? | the sri lankan army won. |
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