India Flashcards
Sepoy
An Indian soldier serving under the British.
Textiles
A type of cloth or woven fabric.
Satyagraha
A particular form of nonviolent resistance and roughly means “holding onto truth”
BEIC (British East India Company)
An English company formed for the exploitation of trade with India, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Caste
The system of dividing society into hereditary classed based on things like ritual purity or pollution and social status.
Infrastructure
The basic physical or organizational structures needed for society to operate.
Charter
A written grant by the country’s sovereign power where a city’s rights and privileges are defined.
Sati
A practice that had the wife of a marriage sit atop her husband’s pyre and burn once he passed away.
Outsourcing
Obtaining goods from a foreign supplier.
Mutiny
An open rebellion against the proper authorities; refusing to obey the orders of authority.
Muslim League
A political group that called for a separate Muslim nation to be created and provide an equal voice to Muslims in the independence movement.
Slums
Overcrowded urban streets or districts that are the home of very poor people or people in poverty.
Sovereignty
Supreme power or authority.
Boycotting
Refusing to handle or buy goods as a form of punishment or protest.
Masala
A type of Indian cinema that mixes action, melodrama, comedy, and/or romance that usually contain 6 song and dance numbers.
