India Study All Flashcards
Who was Vasco da Gama?
Portuguese captain who reached India in 1498
Who were the first Europeans to gain a foothold in India? Who followed soon after?
Portugal
Dutch, French, and British
Who set up the East India Company?
England
What was the Mughal Empire?
In the early 1700s they started to rule India
Who was Robert Clive? Who did he lead against the French?
Administrator of the East India Company
British
To protect its interests, the East India Company set up two things. Name them.
A law code and a court system
Hindus were outraged when the British outlawed ritual _______. What kind of people were doing?
Suicide by widows
What was the sepoy Rebellion?
The sepoys heard rumors that the carriages for their new rifles were greased with beef or pork fat. Since Muslims can’t touch pork and Hindus think caws are sacred, they turned on the British
In 1858, the British government took over ______ as a colony/
India
In 1876, Queen Victoria of Britain took the title ______ ___ _______.
Express of India
What was stronger than the British-educated elite?
Indian nationalism
What does INC stand for and what did they want?
Indian National Congress
They wanted the British to open more government jobs to Indians
What happened at the Amritsar Massacre?
10,000 Indians were gathered in a public area, and General al Dyer told his troops to fire. 379 Indians died and more than 1,100 were wounded
Why did Gandhi move to South Africa?
To practice law
What does satyagraha mean?
Truth force
Gandhi/s followers called him _______ or _______ _______.
Mahatma or Great Soul
Gandhi called the untouchables Harijan or __________ ___ ______.
Children of God
What happened at the Salt March?
50,000 people marched 200-miles to the ocean
Since it was illegal for Indians to make salt, they decide to protest. When they got to the ocean they made salt. The nonviolent protest was responded with force and this made the British people in Britain wonder if their government should hold on to India.
What was the Quit India movement?
People followed a policy of non-cooperation with the British.
When did the British pass the Indian Independence Act?
1947
In the January of 1948, what happened to Gandhi? Why did they do it?
Man who thought he had betrayed his people, shot him
The upper hous is called the Rajya Sabha, or __________ ________ _______.
Council of State
The lower house is called the Lok Sabha or _______ ___ ______ _________
House of the people
