British Rule
This first nationalist organization in India was founded in 1885.
What is the INC?
This strategy involving the rejection of British goods was pioneered during protests against the Bengal partition.
What is boycott?
What is World War I?
Gandhi promoted the acceptance of this caste.
What is the dalit or "untouchable" caste?
He was the leader of the Muslim League?
Who is Jinnah?
This organization founded in 1906 to protect the interest of the Muslim minority.
What is the Muslim League?
Bal Tilak demanded self-rule from Britain, also known as this.
What is swaraj?
This 1943 famine caused by British requisitions and the halting of Japanese imports cost 2 million lives.
What is the Bengal famine?
In the 1920s some leaders of the INC sought this form of self-government.
What is dominion status?
Supported by trade unions, youth and leftists, this leader promoted a radical, revolutionary and potentially violent resolution to British dominion.
Who is Bose?
Britain's decision to partition Bengal in 1905 is an example of this colonial strategy.
What is divide and rule?
Gandhi pioneered this strategy of non-violent resistance.
What is Satyagraha?
In 1945, leaders of the Indian National Army including Bose were put on trial for this.
What is fighting alongside the Japanese?
In 1930, after the failure of negotiations at the round table talks, the Muslim League adopted this goal.
What is the creation of Pakistan?
Churchill's signing of this Charter promising self-determination of all people on the eve of WWII exposed British hypocrisy.
What is the Atlantic Charter?
In 1919, British soldiers shot and killed 400 protestors in this city.
What is Amritsar?
Gandhi used this tool for the manufacture of cloth to symbolize non-cooperation.
What is a spinning wheel?
This province was the site of mass migration of more than 15 million people during the partition.
What is Punjab?
In 1942 the INC began this campaign for immediate independence.
What is the Quit India campaign?
He was the last viceroy of India.
Who is Mountbatten?
The Mughal empire supported this uprising against the East India Company in 1857, prompting its dissolution.
What is the Great Mutiny?
In 1930, Gandhi and his followers marched 400 km to the sea to gather this savory ingredient.
What is salt?
This openly anti-Muslim group counted Nathuram Godse as a member.
What is the RSS?
The incorporation of more than 500 of these independent bodies was a major challenge post-independence.
What is princely states?
He became India's first prime minister in 1947.
Who is Nehru?