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19 Cards in this Set
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congress party
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group consisting mostly of Hindus that led a campaign for India's independence
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Muhammed Ali Jinnah
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leader of the Muslim League
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Muslin League
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Muslin group that led a campaign for India's independence
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Partition
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Division of India into two nations
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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first prime minister of India
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Indira Gandhi
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Daughter of Nehru who followed him as prime minister
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Benazir Bhutto
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Former prime minister of Pakistan
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Launched a nonviolent campaign of Indian non-cooperation with the British
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Mohandas Gandhi
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India’s national political party
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Congress Party
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Organization founded in 1906 in India to protect Muslim interests
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Muslim League
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Leader of the Muslim League
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Term given to the division of India into separate Hindu and Muslim nations
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partition
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New nation created by division of India
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Pakistan
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Small region at the northern point of India next to Pakistan causing conflict between India’s Muslims and Hindus
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Kashmir
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Independent India’s first prime minister
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Woman elected as India’s prime minister in 1966
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Indira Gandhi
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New name for East Pakistan after it declared independence
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Bangladesh
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Woman twice elected prime minister after General Zia’s death
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Benazir Bhutto
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Small island nation off the southwest coast of India that has been the site of a civil war between Tamils and other groups
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Sri Lanka
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