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Early history
General facts
Colonial history
Politics
Later history
100
The most dominant religion in India
What is Hinduism?
100
The colours of the Indian flag
What is green, white and saffron?
100
The British set up this trading company in 1600 to exploit India's natural resources
What is The East India Company?
100
Today's parliamentary system in India
What is Democracy?
100
India fought for this for about 100 years before finally gaining it in 1947
What is Independence?
200
They colonized India from 1498
What are Europeans?
200
A continent the same size as India
What is Europe?
200
Another name used for India by the British to show its important position in the empire
What is The Jewel in the Crown?
200
India's head of state
What is a president?
200
The reason for conflicts between India and Pakistan
What is Partition / religious differences?
300
Religious group holding power in India from 1192 to early 18th century
What are Muslims?
300
The reason why European, and other invaders before them, took an interest in colonizing India
What is Natural resources?
300
A place in Tamil Nadu where Denmark had a colony
What is Tranquebar? (Tarangambadi, Tamil Nadu)
300
India's head of government
What is a prime minister?
300
Famous Indian who fought for independence with peaceful, nonviolent methods
Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
400
A tribe who invaded India around 1500BC
What are the Aryans?
400
The population of India, approximate size
What is 1.3 bn? (2016)/ What is 1 bn? (2001)
400
The system used by the British to gain and keep control of India, and to keep a distance to the natives
What is The Raj?
400
The political party which ruled in India most of the time since 1947
What is the Congress Party?
400
What the British felt that they and their culture was in relation to the Indians
What is Superior?
500
The language used by the earliest known invaders of India
What is Sanskrit?
500
Word used about the fact that they speak many languages in India
What is multilingual?
500
British influence in India as a result of colonization
What is education, infrastructure, legal system, procedure, language?
500
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
What is one of India's most important political parties?
500
Separate states, originally parts of India, created after India's independence for the muslim part of the population
What are Pakistan and Bangladesh?