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India - history
Partition
Facts
Culture
100
The name of the (now illegal, but still used) system where some groups are worth more than others
What is the caste system?
100
The name of the new country created from the Indian partition?
What is Pakistan?
100
India's capital?
What is New Delhi?
100
The name of the movie/entertainment industry and a film genre in itself?
What is Bollywood?
200
The method Gandhi used to stop rioting between Muslims and Hindus
What is fasting/hungerstrike?
200
The year of Partition?
What is 1947?
200
The period of time that Britain directly ruled India
What is (the British) Raj?
200
The concept in Hinduism that every deed - mental or physical - in this life affects a person's fate in a future life?
What is Karma?
300
The author of White Man's Burden
Who is Rudyard Kipling?
300
Number of people that live in India
What is 1,2 billion?
300
The Mumbai-born author of The Satanic Verses?
Who is Salman Rushdie?
400
The OTHER important year (besides 1947) when talking about India's identity? (Article about Modern India)
What is 1991?
400
The name of the Englishman who was in charge of the Partition?
Who is (Sir Cyril) Radcliffe?
400
The name of the association for former British colonies
What is Commonwealth?
400
What is the name of the most wellknown Indian building
What is Taj Mahal?
500
This is what Benjamin Disraëli, the British Prime Minister from 1874 to 1881 called India
What is "The Jewel of the Crown"
500
Dissatisfied extreme Hindus assasinated Gandhi for his acceptance of the Partition and sympathy with the Muslims in this year?
What is 1948 (January 30th)?
500
The official language/languages in India?
What is English and Hindi?
500
The name of the festival where the Indians spray each other with colored powder
What is the Holi Festival?