Religion
Colonialism
Independence
Media and the Arts
In the World
100
Broad collection of religions practiced by most of India's people.
What is Hinduism?
100
The British Crown's immediate predecessor in India.
What is the East India Company?
100
Also known as the First War of Independence.
What is the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857?
100
India's popular Hindi/Urdu-language movie business.
What is Bollywood?
100
Grown in the hills and often prepared with milk, sugar, and spices.
What is tea?
200
India's "majority minority" religion.
What is Islam?
200
First British capital city in India.
What is Kolkata?
200
August 15, 1947
When did India become independent?
200
India's first Nobel Laureate.
Who is Rabindranath Tagore?
200
A new job market for thousands of young educated Indians who can speak American English.
What are call centers?
300
Two religious indigenous to South Asia.
What are Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, Jainism...?
300
Site of a major turning point in British-Indian relations.
What is the Jallianwallahbagh Massacre?
300
Father of the Nation
Who is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?
300
Newspapers/magazines/TV/etc. in local languages.
What is the vernacular media?
300
7.5%
What is India's current rate of economic growth?
400
Visiting a temple, shrine, or saint to see and be seen.
What is darshan?
400
India's main export to the rest of the world, long before colonialism.
What are textiles?
400
First prime minister of independent India.
Who is Jawaharlal Nehru?
400
Indian-born writer who garnered a death-fatwa for a novel in the late 20th century.
Who is Salman Rushdie?
400
India's contribution to mathematics.
What is zero?
500
Violently contested site in North India where devotees believe Lord Rama was born.
What is Ayodhya?
500
At least 3 European countries, aside from the UK, involved in colonialism in India in the 19th century.
What are France, Portugal, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
500
Early 20th-century leader who felt Indians should demand independence from the British and not ask nicely.
Who was Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
500
Arguably India's greatest contribution to justice and civil rights around the world.
What is satyagraha?
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