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Freedom Fighters
Dates and Times
Pre-IIM
American Revolution
Miscellaneous
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Which freedom fighter won India’s independence through nonviolence?
Mahatma Gandhi
100
On what date and year did India gain its independence?
August 15, 1947
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What did the East India Company become over time?
British Raj
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What president led the American Revolution?
Abraham Lincoln
100
What was the IIM?
all activities, ideas, and movements contributing to the end of the British Raj, includes all campaigns (both national and regional), efforts, movements - some nonviolent, some revolutionary
200
Which freedom fighter became India’s first prime minister?
Jawaharlal Nehru
200
What major event happened in 1930 that involved protesters marching to defy the British?
Dandi Salt March
200
What was the battle in which the British defeated the army of the Nawab?
Battle of Plassey
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What was the Civil War about?
slavery
200
What was partition?
the process of dividing the subcontinent along the sectarian lines
300
Which freedom fighter threw two bombs into the the central legislative assembly and was arrested?
Bhagat Singh
300
What major event happened in 1919 that shocked all of India about the British and killed thousands of people?
Amritsar Massacre
300
What was the East India Company?
a group of merchants who formed a trading company to trade with East Indies, India, and Southeast Asia
300
What were the two groups in the American Revolution?
the Confederacy vs the Union
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How did the subcontinent end up being divided?
northern parts (Muslim-dominated) parts became Pakistan and southern parts (predominantly Hindu) parts became India
400
Which freedom fighter hated the British rule so much that he ended his life by shooting himself because he preferred dying with pride rather than by the hands of British police?
Chandra Shekhar Azad
400
In what year did British goods start being boycotted?
1905
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Who was the first presence in India that stayed on the West Coast?
Portuguese
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What are some similarities between the IIM and the American Revolution?
victory over the British, boycotts, leaders were assassinated
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What did Gandhi want for everyone?
equal rights for everyone no matter the religion or culture
500
Which freedom fighter was known for the bravery with which they fought the British army to save their reign over the state of Jhansi?
Rani Lakshmi Bai
500
In what year did the Quit India movement rise?
1942
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In what year was Queen Victoria crowned empress?
1876
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What something different about both the IIM and the American Revolution?
India - non violence, marches, movements, Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Subhash Bose, British befriended India America - violence, war, confederacy vs union, emancipation proclamation, amendments, Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, originally the British
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How and when did Gandhi die?
Gandhi died in 1948 and was shot 3 times in point-blank range