Religion and Politics in the 1980s and 1990s

Question 1

Which political party in Punjabi led a resistance against the central government for more regional autonomy?

Answer 1

Akali Dal

Question 2

What dies autonomy mean?

Answer 2

the right to rule and make decisions on their own

Question 3

Jarnail Sing Bhindranwale started a religious radicalism and elevated what?

Answer 3

roadside executions

Question 4

Where did Jarnail seek shelter?

Answer 4

Golden Temple, Sikh holy site

Question 5

Name the operation that Indira Gandhi had troops and tanks storm the Golden Temple and killed Jarnail

Answer 5

Operation Blue Star, 1984

Question 6

In 1984 who assassinated Indira Gandhi?

Answer 6

her Sikh bodyguards

Question 7

How many Sikh’s were killed after the assassination?

Answer 7

3,000

Question 8

Who became prime minister after Indira Gandhi’s death?

Answer 8

her son, Rajiv Gandhi

Question 9

This required that anytime someone wanted to start a business they had to seek many governmental approvals through permits

Answer 9

Permit Raj

Question 10

Which part of the Indian economy did Rajiv Gandhi support?

Answer 10

foreign technology and automotive industries

Question 11

Rajiv has improved relationships between India and which country?

Answer 11

US

Question 12

This means that an entire group such as Indian Muslims would all vote the same way

Answer 12

vote bank

Question 13

How could a Muslim husband divorce his wife?

Answer 13

uttering the word talak 3 times

Question 14

What does talak mean?

Answer 14

divorce

Question 15

describe the events that happened to Shah Bano

Answer 15

a. Muslim women who was divorced by her husband
b. she was expelled from her house with no money, property or place to go
c. India’s lower courts required Shah Bano’s ex-husband to pay her a monthly allowance
d. The husband appealed in the India Supreme Court
e. The Supreme Court ruled that religious law trumps criminal law
f. Shah Bano’s husband did not have to pay her a monthly allowance

Question 16

Name the Law passed that religious communities have the responsibility to care for divorced women

Answer 16

Muslim Women’s Bill or Protect the Rights on Divirce Bill (1986)

Question 17

Why did the Indian Government shut down access to the Babri Masjid mosque?

Answer 17

a. the mosque was built on a Hindu holy site
b. In 1949 Hindu activists claimed a miracle of an icon of Ram appeared at the site
c. In order to avoid a Muslim/Hindu clash the government and shut down the site

Question 18

What year did Rajiv Gandhi open up the Babri Masjiv site?

Answer 18

1986

Question 19

President L. K. Advani of the Bharatiya Janata Party demanded what?

Answer 19

mosque taken down and the Hindu temple restored

Question 20

Who took over the Babri Masjid mosque then destroyed it?

Answer 20

karsevacs or volunteers

Question 21

Hindus attacked and killed 1,000 Muslims in which city?

Answer 21

Bombay

Question 22

What did the courts decide about the property of the Babri Masjid?

Answer 22

a. One-third of the property to the devotion of Lord Ram
b. One-third of the property to a Muslim organization
c. One-third of the property to the Indian Government

Question 23

What did the Hindu Mahasabha help to promote?

Answer 23

Sanskrit version of Hindi over English as the official language

Question 24

This is a modern agrarian technology with elevated economic returns in India

Answer 24

Green Revolution