The Indian Subcontinent Gains Independence
A major national political party in India - also known as the Indian National Congress ...
Answer: Congress Party.
Philippine politician: president, 1965-86. Who am I?
Answer: Ferdinand Marcos.
Anti-colonial insurgency in Kenya from 1952 to 1960 ...
Answer: Mau Mau rebellion.
An organization dedicated to the establishment of an independent state for Palestinians in the Middle East ...
Answer: Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
President of Egypt, 1970-81. Who am I?
Answer: Anwar Sadat.
1st Prime Minister of India, 1947-64. Who am I?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru.
Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and political activist: State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2016-2021. Who am I?
Answer: Aung San Suu Kyi.
President of Zaire, 1965-97. Who am I?
Answer: Mobutu Sese Seko.
A brief 1967 conflict between Israel and several Arab states during which Israel took control of Jerusalem, the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, and the West Bank ...
Answer: Six-Day War.
Second and final stage of the 1947-49 Palestine War ...
Answer: 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Lawyer, politician, and the founder of Pakistan: 1st Governor-General of Pakistan, 1947-48. Who am I?
Answer: Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
President of Indonesia, 1945-67. Who am I?
Answer: Sukarno.
Ruling party of Angola since 1975 ...
Answer: MPLA.
An international crisis that occurred after Egypt seized control of the Suez Canal in 1956, when Israel, with the support of Britain and France, invaded Egypt and marched toward the canal but withdrew under pressure from the United States and the Soviet Union ...
Answer: Suez Crisis.
1973 war between Israel and a coalition of Arab states ...
Answer: Yom Kippur War.
Indian politician and central figure of the Indian National Congress party: Prime Minister of India, 1966-77, 1980-84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru). Who am I?
Answer: Indira Gandhi.
2nd President of Indonesia, 1967-98 (resigned). Who am I?
Answer: Suharto.
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1997-2001. Who am I?
Answer: Laurent-Desire Kabila.
A revolt begun in December 1987 by Palestinian Arabs to protest Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip ...
Answer: intifada (or First Intifada).
1993-95 Israeli- Palestinian peace agreements ...
Answer: Oslo Accords.
Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1988-90, 1993-96, and Chairperson of the Pakistan People's Party, 1982-2007. Who am I?
Answer: Benazir Bhutto.
Filipino politician: President of the Philippines, 1986-92. Who am I?
Answer: Corazon Aquino.
Algerian socialist soldier and revolutionary: 1st President of Algeria, 1963-65. Who am I?
Answer: Ahmed Ben Bella.
Israeli military and political leader: prime minister, 1974-77 and 1992-95; Nobel peace prize, 1994 ...
Answer: Yitzhak Rabin.
A coastal area on the E Mediterranean: formerly in the Palestine mandate, occupied by Israel 1967-94; since 1994 under Palestinian self-rule ...
Answer: Gaza Strip.