POLS 150 Exam 3 India Key TERMS
House of the People
Lower and more powerful house of Indian parliament.
Indian National Congress (INC)
Major Indian political party; began as leading organization of Indian independence movement.
Import substitution industrialization
Mercantilist strategy of development in which local production is protected from imports.
What is India's electoral system for their lower house?
Single-member district plurality.
Kerala
Southwestern Indian state governed by communists; famous for its high rates of literacy, lows rates of fertility, and low population growth.
Partition
Creation of the new states of Pakistan and India from the South Asian British colony of India in 1947.
House of States
Upper house of Indian parliament, representing India's 28 states and seven territories.
Green Revolution
Period during the 1960's and 70's when technologically enhanced crops and cropping methods dramatically improved food production in India.
Asymmetric federalism
A system where power is devolved unequally across the country and its constituent regions, often the result of specific laws negotiated between the region and the central government.
Caste
Hindu hereditary social grouping
Raj
Hindu word for "RULE"
What is India's dominant religion?
Hinduism
Presidential Rule
State-level equivalent of emergency rule in India in which the national government takes temporary control of a state by imposing martial law.
Dalits
"Suppressed groups"; formal name of India's outcastes
East India Company
A firm created to develop trade between the U.K. and India.
What type of legislature does India have?
Parliament
Who is the President of India? "Head of State"
Pranab Mukherjee Few powers except can facilitate formation of coalition govt. or call new elections if coalition can't be formed.
Nabob Game
strategy of British east India Company for controlling India by setting up puppet Mughal governorships, or nabobs.
Chief Minister
Chief executive of federal states in India; elected by the state legislature to serve a five year term.
Kashmir
Contested region in northern India claimed by both India and Pakistan
Sepoy Mutiny
Failed 1857-58 revolt against the British, sponsored by the Indian aristocracy and carried out by sepoys, or Indian soldiers employed by the British.
Is India Unitary or federal division of power?
Federal
Nehru, Jawaharlal
India's first prime minister (1947-64) and successor to Mahatma Gandhi as leader of the INC
License Raj
India's highly bureaucratized and politicized mercantilist system of licenses, permits, and quotas governing virtually all aspects of the economy.
Untouchables
India's outcaste groups, including tribal aboriginals and those who traditionally performed "unclean" duties.
Muslim League
Indian Muslim independence organization.
Bharatiya Janata party
Indian People's Party; Hindu nationalist party that governed from 1998-2004.
Emergency Rule
Law invoked by Indian national government to suspend the constitution by declaring martial law.
Hindutva
Literally, "Hindu-ness"; Hindu nationalism
Who is the Prime Minister of India? "Head of Government"
Manmohan Sngh
Outsourcing
Moving the production of goods and services to another country to take advantage of cheap labor or other savings.
Mughals
Muslim invaders who rules India for several hundred years beginning in the 16th century.
Hindi
One of two national languages in India, other is English.
What type of Legislative-Executive System does India have?
Prime Ministerial
Naxalism
Radical Maoist (or guerrilla communist) insurgency in India
What kind of Chief judicial body does India have?
Supreme Court.
Center
Term referring to India's national government and its capital in New Delhi
