PEOPLE
CULTURAL CHANGES
PLACES
BATTLES
ETCETERA
100
Also known as "Mr. Clean", he introduced many reform policies in India and encouraged science and technology sectors.
Rajiv Gandhi?
100
An impressive space-related feat by Indian government
What is the rocket launch/moon shot?
100
Location of the Golden Temple, Sikh sacred holy shrine
What is Amritsar?
100
August 1947
When did India achieve independence?
100
She had to wear a leg-brace/had a bad leg
What was Lenny-Baby's "handicap"?
200
Suffragette and member of a royal family in India who moved to England after losing their position during the Raj.
Who is Sophia Duleep Singh?
200
A movement for agricultural improvements, new and better crops introduced by Indira Gandhi which enabled India to battle its problems with famine
What is The Green Revolution?
200
They migrated from Pakistan to India after the partition of India.
Who are the Hindus?
200
They assassinated Indira Gandhi
Who were her Sikh guards?
200
It was divided between the East and the West with roughly 2000 miles between it.
What was unusual about the newly-formed state of Pakistan?
300
The Viceroy of India just prior to its independence.
Who is Mountbatten?
300
In 2007, a woman was elected to this position in India for the first time
What is president?
300
Princely state that ebcame o "problem issue" for INdia in later years
What is Kashmir?
300
Who assassinated Rajiv Gandhi?
A female Tamil-Tiger suicide bomber?
300
Spurned suitor of Shanta, he joined the anti-Hindu Muslims in the riots
Who was "Ice Candy Man"/Dil Navaz?
400
Leader of the Muslim league in the 1940s
Who is Mohammad Jinnah?
400
In 200, it was the first non-Hindu religion to gain the position of India's Prime Minister4
What was Sikh?
400
The place where the Moghuls originated, before arriving in India.
What is Persia?
400
Gandhi's attempt to lead people against unfair taxation on this very necessary (and easily accessible) item
What is The Salt March?
400
The religion/ethnicity of Lenny-Baby's parents, Shanta's employers
What is Parsee/Parsi/Persian/followers of Zoroasterianism?
500
The first governor-general of independent Pakistan
Who is Mohammad Jinnah?
500
He introduced rights for women, minimum wages/benefits for blue-collar workers and nationalization of heavy industries in India
Who is Jawaharlal Nehru?
500
Formerly, it was part of Pakistan, but became independent in the 1970s.
What is Bangladesh?
500
Indira Gandhi's 1980s mission against insurgents, resulting in sectarian violence between Sikhs and Hindus
What is Operation Blue Star?
500
Encouraging the forced sterilization of both men and women by the Ministry of Health
What "gross excesses" was Indira Gandhi's older son accused of?
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