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Struggles in India 1
History textbook pgs 582-589
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mohandas Gandhi | a Indian leader in the struggle for independence. used the principle of civil disobedience |
| Indian National Congress | the congress in India that met in Bombay in 1885 talked of independence from Britain they also asked the british to start spending less money on the army and let more Indians have positions in the goverment |
| boycott | an organized protest in which people refuse to buy or use something |
| civil disobedience | a nonviolent protest against a government |
| Pakistan | an independent state that broke away from India in 1947 made up of two seperate areas to the east and west of India |
| Muhammad Ali Jinnah | the chosen leader of Pakistan |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | the first prime minister of India |
| Green Revolution | a program that helped feed the people of India |
| Indira Gandhi | India's first female prime minister |
| Bangladesh | the east half of Pakistan that declred independence in 1971 |