India Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mughal Empire | 1526-1720 |
| Akbar | 3rd ruler, embodied the idea of a philosopher king |
| philosopher king | The idea that the king should be the wisest |
| Shah Jahan | 5th ruler, very military focused, built Taj Mahal for his wife |
| The british East India Company | A trading company that helped Britain impose soft imperialism on India |
| Sepoys | Indian soldiers working for the british army |
| The battle of Plassey | 1757: The British East India Company decided to expand its military influence in Bengal and the British (lead by Robert Clive) and the Bengali (lead by Saraj-ud-Daula) fought. Bengal lost because Mir Jafar would not support them |
| Siraj-ud-Daula | ruler of Bengal in 1757 and defeated Britain in the Bengali city of Calcutta. |
| Robert Clive | General who retook Calcutta that same year |
| Mir Jafar | Bribed by Clive and made an agreement that he would take over his uncles position as Nawar(ruler) of Bengal if he did not back Saraj-ud-Daula in the war. This was the reason Bengal lost the battle of plassey. He then became nothing more than a puppet of the British. |
| Sepoy Rebellion: why | Princes mad with British expansion The ammunition used by the Sepoys was coated in animal fat- the Sepoys refused to use them so they were thrown in jail |
| Delhi | The sepoys in the Bengal Army turned on the British and marched to and took over Dehli naming Bahadur Shah the leader of India British then regained control |
| Kanpur | Nana Sahib promised aid to the British and turned on the, Indians lead a 90-day siege on the british and took over Lucknow |
| Consequences of Sepoy Rebellion | The sepoy rebellion in 1857 marked the beginning of direct British rule in India |
| Indirect vs. Direct Rule | Indirect: Economic control Direct: military/ dipomatic control |
| British Imperialism: How | Might: military power Right: though it was their god given right/obligation to be an imperial power |
| Colonialism | Control by one power over a dependent area or people |
| The british Raj | 1858-1947: British Reign |
| Just Rule | though it was their god given right/obligation to be an imperial power |
| Armitsar Massacre | 1915: General Dyer killed 379 people |
| Nationalism | the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination |
| Indian National Congress | Headed by Nehru technically and was the voice of India during British Imperialism |
| Jinnah and his plan for Independence | Muslim leader. wanted two seperate countries, afraid of a Hindu majority rule |
| Nehru and his plan for Independence | Hindu. Wanted a united India |
| Gandhi's inspiration | influenced by many religions, Hinduism and Jainsim mainly. With Jainsim he focused on Ahimsa Satya and Bramacharia. Also he was inspired by Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience. |
| Core components of Gandhi's philosophy | Satyagraha, Ahimsa, Anekentavada, Forgiveness, personal Change before widespread social change |
| Gandhi's Plan for Independence | Muslim-Hindu peace and a United India with Hindus at the positions with power |
| Civil Disobedience and Henry David Thoreau | Gandhi read his book about civil disobedience and used it as one of his own philosophys |
| The Salt March | A walk to Dandi where they made salt. Was a widespread resistance of the salt tax |
| The Quit India Movement | INC demanded independence |
| Gandhi's assassination | Gandhi was killed by a follower of his because they believed that Ganhi was leading India down a bad path |
| Consequences of Partition | Two countries that were extremely hostile towards each other and still are |
| Cyril Radcliffe | Unbiased person who drew the border between Pakistan and India |
| First Indo Pakistani War | Indian and Pakistan fought of Pakistan, India got 2/3. |
| Second Indo Pakistani War | India Formally invaded Pakistan's Portion of Kashmir, UN mandated a ceasefire agreement |
| Third Indo Pakistani War | India and Bangladesh beat Pakistan resulting in the independence of Bangladesh |
| Fourth Indo Pakistani War | Pakistan took part of India's Kashmir and India fought back to win it back |
| Kashmir | A region that was split during partition. Both countries want the region and it causes most of the fighting |
| Bengali Nationalism and Bangladesh | the spark of the third war (Bengali people didn't want to live under Pakistani rule while pakistan was split east and west and wanted their own country). They won their rebellion against the East Pakistanis and became Bangladesh |
| Indiras family | Nehrus daughter |
| Rise to power | took over as Prime minister to fill in only for year but ended up running for the next election and winning |
| Prime Ministerships | 1966-77 1980-84 |
| Green Revolution | Turned India's food shortages into a surplus |
| The emergency | 75-77: Caught for election fraud and orded a state of Emergency where the government can do whatever they like |
| Nuclear Weapons | Though the Shimla agreement was signed to create peace between Pakistan and India, Indira accelerated the development of nuclear weapons |
| Operation Blue Star | Army was permitted to stop the strikes at the Golden Temple- 500 sikhs killed |
| Indira's assassination | killed by two of her sikh body guards |
| Current Population | 1,170,938,000 |
| The Percentage of Hindus and Muslims in India | 81% to 13% |
| 3 Major Geographic Regions of India | Northern Mountain Ranges, The Indo Gangetic plain, Indian Plateau |
| The most spoken language in India | Hindi |
| British East India Company, Indirect Rule Dates | 1720-1857 |
| British Direct Rule, British Raj Dates | 1858-August 15, 1947 |
| Independent India | August 15, 1947- present |
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