The partition
What were the countries created out of British India?
Pakistan & India
What does the EIC stand for?
East India trading Company
What was the main difference between Mughals and Indians at the time of the Mughal invasion?
Most Indians were Hindus but Mughals were Muslims .
Who was Muhandas Gandhi?
He was a activist who lead protests for independence from the United Nations
True or false british india was split up into three parts
True
Which population was more affected by this women or men
Women
Who issued the charter that created the EIC?
Queen Elizabeth l
What was one of the strategies used by the Mughals to take control of India, since Mughals were the minority?
Power=they gave land to farmers and local leaders they would be happy
What was gandhis job before he became an activist
Lawyer
True or false The British were the first to colonize India.
What was the partition?
People had to move across India because of religious separation. ( Pakistan for the Muslims and India for Hindus )
How did the EIC change Indias economy.
They bought cotton from Indian farmers for very little, sailed them back to Great Britain, made cloths, and then sold them back to the farmers for even more.
Why did the local leaders not like the Mughals anymore
They had to give out more farmland and they ran out so now theres no land. And the Mughals raised taxes.
Where did he go to realize that he needs to fight for indians
Africa
true or false: all Kashmiris were mad about the war in between them.
False
Why did Britian decide to make the partition and leave? (decolonize)
Because of money issues from WWl
What was one of the resons for how did the EIC gain more power after settling in India?
They started an army of native Indian troops. The company used threats and bribes to encourage local rulers to leave the Mughals
Why was the battle of plassey significant in the Mughals downfall
They lost a lot of materials and recourses to the British and the British took over after this.
What was one of the boycotts he did
Salt
False there was only three
At the start of the partition, Kashmir remained its own state. It later joined India. Explain why Kashmir remained neutral in the beginning, but then decided to join India.
Because they had a Muslim majority they stayed neutral but the king of Kashmir was Hindu & India offered a deal.
Explain the sepoy revolt.
Indian soldiers from the EIC revolted by burning farm land and city's.
Where did the Mughals come from
Central Asia
When was gandhi born
October 2
Gahndi was the only one the help fight for Indias independence.
false there were others but ghandi was one of the most famous