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as early as 1948, conflicting claims over the Jammu and the Kashmir regions led to the first

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Indo-Pakistani War

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Jainism founder

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Mahavira Vardhamana

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he called for a day of fasting and prayer and a business strike (hartal);

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18 March 1919

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the Pala dynasty introduced Mahayana Buddhism in

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Tibet, Bhutan and Burma (Myanmar)

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British soldier, insisted on political control as necessary to protect commercial interests

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Robert Clive

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a series of Independent Kingdoms

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Rajputs

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3rd Indo-Pakistan War in 1971; this resulted in the creation of the independent state

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BANGLADESH

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first national organization that declared Indian self-government

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The Indian National Congress in 1885

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Brahma Samaj (1828)

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Rammohun Roy

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executed hundreds of thousands of Hindus, pillaged and destroyed villages, raped and killed women, and forced Hindus to convert to Islam

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Timur or Tamerlane

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“pala” means

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protector

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a) Dominion of Pakistan
b) Union of India

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(14 August 1947)
(15 August 1947)

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King who constantly moved for safety

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Ashoka

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slept for 4 & 1/2 hours c

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Chandragupta Maurya

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was established in northern India from 1010 to 1187 with its capital at 1) Peshawar, 2) Lahore

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Ghaznavid rule

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despite the appeal of the —- to the government of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the British did nothing to remedy the Cholera situation in 1944

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British Viceroy Archibald Wavell

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the French in 1746 attacked the British enclave in Fort St. George (Madras) and then occupied it; ——- the French governor

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Joseph Francois Dupleix

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leadership of the Congress was taken by —– during Gandhi’s absence up to 1931

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Motilal Nehru

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a Syrian chieftain, subjugated Sindh

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Muhammad bin Qasim,

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succeeded Rajiv; —- introduced an economic reform program to liberalize the indian economy

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Narasimha Rao

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Was a devout but bigoted Muslim
he was less lavish and more conservative than his predecessors
restored the Islamic Law and the poll

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Aurangzeb (1659-1707)

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2 families in Mahabharata

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Kauravas and Pandavas

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*Mohandas K. Gandhi

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“the soul of India”

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Killer of Gandhi

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Nathuram Vinayak Godse (January 30, 1948)

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Curzon carried out two unpopular measures:
restrict Indian influence on university administration and partition the state of Bengal
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ruled over a Mogul/Mughal dynasty that was extremely wealthy; and this he used for his lavish
Shah Jahan (1627-1658)
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to prevent her downfall, she declared a state of emergency which lasted until
1977
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who started the campaign to strengthen the British empire by any means also brought India under greater English control
Prime Minister Disraeli
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Hindu vs Muslim Civil War
1947
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is resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience based on the principle of non-violence or ahimsa
Satyagraha
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such as the----, that Gandhi, was taking the side of the Muslims
Mahasabha
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staged a revolt resulted in the deaths of British army officers and their families in Cawnpore/Kanpur;
1857, the Sepoys (Indian soldiers in the British imperial army)
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Who built the Peacock Throne
Shah Jahan
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emerged as a major language resulting from the mingling of Sanskritic Hindi, Persian, Arabic, and Turkish languages
URDU
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The Mogul/Mughal Era
began with the conquest of north India and the Sultanate of Delhi by Babur
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issued a proclamation banning all public assemblies in Amritsar, any assembly will be fired upon
General Reginald Dyer
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partition plan was carried out by the last British viceroy to India,
Lord Louis Mountbatten
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Famine Code was adopted in
1883
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20-year Treaty of Friendship with the --- IN 1971
Soviet Union
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proved himself to be a great ruler: he restored the power of the Mogul/Mughal dynasty and expanded the empire
Akbar (1556-1605)
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was unpopular among Indians because of his arrogance, tactlessness and impatience with political indians, his aim was to nip the budding independence movement
George Curzon
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Deyananda Saraswati,
Arya Samaj (1875)
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president of the Muslim League from 1930 to 1936 was the first to present this proposal; but it was Muhammad Ali Jinnah, ----- successor who pursued it Foundation of Pakistan
Muhammad Iqbal,
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the British sent a Socialist member of Britain's War Cabinet in 1942. Offered Independent Plan for India
Sir Stafford Cripps
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British East India vs Bengal
Indian army at the Battle of Plassey in 1757
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Delhi at the ---- in 1761; the Afghans also did not have any imperial ambitions
Battle of Panipat
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in 711, the Umayyads sent two failed expeditions to India meant to punish the King of Sindh
Raja Dahir
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Gandhi led a spirited campaign against the much-hated salt tax by marching from Ahmedabad to Dandi, Gujarat
March 1930
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the celebrated essayist and historian who was appointed in the Supreme Council of India a year earlier, suggested that a system of education,
1834, Thomas Macaulay,
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was elected prime minister in 1998 after a coalition government was formed by the BJP
Atal Behari Vajpayee
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another civil disobedience movement, that the British authorities tried to crush by sending all Congress leaders to jail (where they remained up to 1945) and declaring the party illegal
"Quit India' campaign"
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in 2004, --- was elected prime minister after Congress pulled off a surprise victory
Manmohan Singh
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Indian Independence
1947
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at the beginning, the Europeans had no imperial ambitions; their interest lie was limited to
trade
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would preside over an empire that was gradually disintegrating;
Bahadur Shah I to Bahadur Shah II (1607-1857)
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Mrs. Gandhi's son, ---- an airline pilot, succeeded her the first year of Rajiv Gandhi's term as prime minister was marked by the world's worst industrial accident-
Rajiv Gandhi
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the Delhi sultanate tried to placate Babur with the
Koh-i-noor diamond,
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boycott of British goods especially textiles, was also organized;
Swadeshi
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the veracity of the incident is put into question today; the account of a survivor, ----- is the only single source
J.Z. Howell
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the colonial administration, the British appointed competent, honest, and unbelievably self-righteous British officials,
the Indian Civil Service
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demolition of a mosque in Ayodha by Hindu extremists led to another episode of violent
Hindu-Muslim confrontation in 1992
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When was Queen Victoria was proclaimed "Empress of India"
1876
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Who was a cruel and brutal emperor; punished criminals by flaying them alive and impaling them opened first relations with the British East India Company
Jehengir (1605-1627)
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a rebellious state in the mountains of west India headed by Shivaji
Maratha Confederacy,
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India and other British colonies led to the adoption of repressive acts including the
Defense of India Act of 1915
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Delhi Sultanate was the first to have a female ruler in the Muslim world
Razia Sultana (1205-40) of the Mamluk dynasty
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providing a steady supply of manpower Akbar during his old age, introduced a new religion,
Din-I-llabi, a syncretic religion based on Islam and Hinduism:
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Pala Empire (750-1174) reached its peak under emperors
Dharmapala and Devapala
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when Motilal died, his son succeeded him; like his father, --- was a lawyer. Convinced Gandhi to go back in 1930
Jawaharlal
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Indian Communist Party
1920
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who was eventually elected prime minister in 1966
Indira Gandhi
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organized a major program of smallpox and cholera vaccinations
Richard Casey
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the Congress negotiated an alliance with the Muslims and pledged support for a common cause of Indian independence
Lucknow Pact 1916
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n opium addict, was a weakling; he nearly lost his empire
Humayun (1530-1556)

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