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32 Cards in this Set
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Romesh Chandra Dutt
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John Morley followed his advice and abolished majorities in government. was an Indian civil servant, economic historian, writer, and translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata
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John Morley
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started the indian councils act of 1909. Secretary of State for India between 1905 and 1910 and again in 1911
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a lawyer, politician and a statesman who founded Pakistan in 1947.[1] Jinnah served as leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan's independence on 14 August 1947, and as Pakistan's first Governor-General from independence until his death
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Mohammad Ali Jinnah
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel was an Indian barrister and statesman, one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress and one of the founding fathers of the Republic of India
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Vallabhbhai Patel
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, among other Indian leaders, was extremely critical of the Act and argued that not everyone should get punishment in response to isolated political crimes.
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Rowlett Acts
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Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer CB was a British Indian Army officer, who as a temporary Brigadier-General, was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar
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General Dyer
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, took place in the Jallianwala Bagh public garden in the northern Indian city of Amritsar on 13 April 1919. The shooting that took place was ordered by Brigadier-General Reginald E.H. Dye
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Amritsar Massacre
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an activist of the Indian National Movement and an important leader of the Indian National Congress, who also served as the Congress President twice, 1919–1920 and 1928–1929
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Motilal Nehru
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Great Soul
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Mahatma
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satyagraha
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insistence on truth
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Ahimsa means kindness and non-violence towards all living things including animals
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ahimsa
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the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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revolutionary and a revivalist for Buddhism in India
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B.R. Ambedkar
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philosopher, poet and politician in India who is widely regarded as having inspired the Pakistan Movement
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Muhammad Iqbal
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was a term used by Mohandas Gandhi for Dalits
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harijans
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known for his nonviolent opposition to the British Raj in British India, and a lifelong pacifist and devout Muslim.[1] A close friend of Mahatma Gandhi
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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
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an Indian Muslim scholar and a senior political leader of the Indian independence movement.
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Maulana Azad
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a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for 'Satyagraha' (independence).
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Quit India Movement
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an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. The aim of the army was to secure Indian independence
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Indian National Army
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Qa'id-I-Azam
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Great leader;
Jinnah |
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used in South Asia to denote attempts to promote primarily religious stereotypes between groups of people identified as different communities and to stimulate violence between those groups
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Communalism
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led Janta Government. a notable Indian independence activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India
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Morarji Desai
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sixth Prime Minister of India. He took office after his mother's assassination
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Rajiv Gandhi
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Hindu nationalist political organisation in India
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Shiv Sena
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the military control line between the Indian and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir—a line which, to this day, does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary but is the de facto borde
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Line of control
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Untouchable
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dalit
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the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from November 1990 to July 1993, and from February 1997 until October 1999. He is currently President of Pakistan Muslim League-N
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Nawaz Sharif
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the set of movements advocating Hindu nationalism.
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Hindutva
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town, which serves as the headquarters of Kargil district of Ladakh in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India
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Kargil
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served as the tenth President of Pakistan from 2001 until 2008. brought to power through a military coup d'état in 1999
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Pervez Musharraf
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served as President of the Indian National Congress party since 1998. She is the widow of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi
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Sonia Gandhi
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the eldest daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a former prime minister of Pakistan and the founder of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which she led.
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Benazir Bhutto
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