the Mughals
British rule
Old India
Geography
Terms of endearment
100
The most famous Muslim masoleum in the world
What is the Taj Mahal?
100
he ruled against widow burning
Who was Lord Wm. Bentinck of the BEIC?
100
highest caste
What is Brahmin?
100
two rivers that form the Indo-Gangetic plain
What are the Indus and Ganges Rivers?
100
BEIC
What is the British East Indian Company?
200
1526 to 1858
What are the beginning and end dates of the Mughal Empire in India?
200
Parsi Indian who believed the knowledge of western science was more valuable than a dozen ancient sanskrit holy texts
Who is Rammuhon Roy?
200
Warrior caste
What is khashatriya?
200
central volcanic highlands
What is Deccan Plain?
200
INC
What is the Indian National Congress?
300
Island never fully controlled by the Mughals
What is Ceylon or Sri Lanka?
300
established 1885
What is the Indian National Congress?
300
landlords
What are zamindar?
300
The mostly Bengali port city in the Ganges delta where the British established their BEIC HQ in the late 1700s.
What is kolkata or Calcutta?
300
1757 .... part of the Seven Years War
What is the Battle of Plassey?
400
the last mughal ruler?
Who is Bahadur Shah?
400
end of the BEIC and beginning of the British Raj era
What is 1858 when great rebellion is crushed?
400
about 80% of Indian citizens today, about 65% in the Raj era
Who are Hindus?
400
successful agricultural city-state in center of the Indo-gangetic plain, annexed to the Raj in 1855
What is Awadh or Oudh?
400
religion of the Punjab developed in the 1600s with male warrior traditions
What is Sikh or Sikhism?
500
the concern of Roy and Macaulay
What is the question/issue of how much western/native language and religious versus scientific education to have in place for the Indian elite?
500
Author of: "The natives call the British system 'Sakar ki Churi' ..."
Who is Dadabhai Naoroji?
500
ahimsa + sovereignty
What is satyagraha?
500
Gujurati's most famous son
Who is Mohandas Gandhi?
500
Speaker: "I wished to inflict a lesson that would be understood by all of India!"
Who was General Dyer, 1919, at his court martial?
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