Unit 2: Indian Independence and Partition

After the partition and mass movement of the population, muslims accounted for how much of India's population?

10%

Satyagraha

A hindi expression meaning "truth force" called for self-sacrificing, non-viol,went mass demonstrations, demanding that the persecutors recognize the immorality of their own position and redress the suffering of the oppressed

Harijan

A hindu term meaning children of God, applied by Gandhi to the poorest classes of Indian society, including the untouchables

What did India choose to do after becoming independent?

Become a democracy

What was apart of Nehru's industrial policy?

Central planning, Regulation of the large-scale capitalist sector, Industrialization

What did the Government of India Act 1919 call for?

Creation of dual government

Indira Gandhi

Daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru. She succeeded him as Prime Minister, 1967-1977 and 1980-1984. She was assassinated.

Disputes over Kashmir ended with Independence in 1947

False

Indians are extremely disappointed with their current prime minister and government

False

The caste system is no longer used in India

False

The British colonial rule lasted almost 50 years

False; 100 years

India is a mostly muslim country

False; mostly Hindu

The Indian Independene Movement failed

False; success in 1947

What were Gandhi's goals for India?

Hindu-muslim unity, prohibition of alcohol,small-scale labor intensive technologies

Mohandas Gandhi

Indian educated in London to be a lawyer. Went to South Africa to work and ended up fighting against Anti-Indian discrimination there. Returned to India in 1914. Became the leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920s.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Indian nationalist poltician and prime minister, 1947-1964. He led the socialist wing of the congress party.

What princely province had a hindi maharajah ruling over a majority muslim population?

Jammu and Kashmir

Who served as prime minister of India for over a decade?

Jawaharlal Nehru

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muslim salesman that led Pakistan's Independence from India, and was its first governor-general and president of its constituent assembly.

Current Prime Minster of India

Narendra Modi

What were pre-independence muslims worried about?

Protecting their rights

What were the three large campaigns that undermined British rule in India?

The Non-cooperation campaign, Salt March, Quit India Campaign

At partition, Pakistan consisted of territorial "wings" on the west and east sides of India

True

Bangladesh was part of Pakistan after 1947 until gaining its independence in 1971

True

Gandhi led the independence movement with a philopsphy of nonviolence

True

Indira and her son, Rajiv Gandhi were both assassinated

True

The "untouchables" are people of no caste

True