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19 Cards in this Set
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Delhi Sultans
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rulers that governed much of north and central india
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Babur
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founder of the Mughal empire-Akbur his gradnson
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Akbur
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known for religious toleration. One of the leaders of the Mughal empire
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Sepoy rebellion
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1857-lasted several months. Started because bullets were greased with pork/cow fat. Sepoys found out, felt betrayed, fought back
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Sepoy
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Indian troops in a british army
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Monopoly
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the complete control over a market or product
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Colonialism
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one country claiming another as their own. Rules the country.
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Nationalism
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supporting ones country/rooting for it
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Eurocentrism
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centered on Europe and Europeans
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INC
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India National Congress: set up in 1855. Group that worked for change when british were in power. Most successful group
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ML (muslim league)
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Muslim version of the INC
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Mohandas Gandhi
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leaner of the INC in 1920. Nonviolent efforts to free Indians.
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Ali Jinnah
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Leader of the ML. Believed that the subcontinent of India needed to be divided into a part for hindus and a part for muslims.
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Satyagrah
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reaching for the truth --> Nonviolent resistance to the british
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Civil Disobedience
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refusing to disobey unjust laws. (ghandi did not like term, felt they were not disobeying.)
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Anritsar Massacre
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indian met publicly (over 10000 people) to go against new british law that said they could not gather. British open fired killed 379 wounded about 1100
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Salt March
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240 mile march that Gandhi and other made to the sea to symbolically challenge the british by breaking the law that said Indians could not make their own salt.
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Independance
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to be free
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Partition
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division of india subcontinent into 2 (sometimes considered 3) parts India- Hindu East (bangladesh) and west pakistan- muslim
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