History of India
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What India was made of before the British conquered it | Kingdom |
| Trading company that come to India in the 1600s | East India Company |
| Title given to Gandhi which means "great soul" | Mahatma |
| Pakistan became a country for this religious group | muslims |
| the divison of India into 2 states | partition |
| These were sent back to British factories to be manufactured | raw materials |
| Ghandhi was inspired to do non violence by his ___ faith | Hindu |
| The new methods introduced by the British to help India combat drought | irrigation |
| The colonial power in India from the 1800s to 1900s | Britain |
| The land that India and pakistan are still fighting over | Kashmir |
| The muslim group related to the Mongols that conquered north India and Pakistan (1400s-1600s) | mughals |
| land that is ruled by a foreign country | colony |
| an improvements brought by the British to make transportation faster | railroad |
| method that Ghandi used to inspire his followers | non-violent protest |
| What happened to Ghandhi by a Hindu fanatic who was upset by Ghandhi's view of Muslims | assassinated |
| Organization formed by Hindus to drive Britain out of India | Indian National congress |
| Person who wanted to make it to India to trade but ended up in the Americas | Columbus |
| American Civil Rights leader that was inspired by Ghandhi's methods | Martin Luther King |
| What many indians objected to | taxes |
| British did not allow Indians to make their own | finished goods |
| Famous tomb built by Mughal emporer Shah Jahan | Taj Mahal |
| Freedom fighter who fought for India's Independance | Ghandhi |
| Inda and Pakistan gained independance | 1947 |
| Ghandi protest to not buy British goods | boycott |
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