South Asia Quiz
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- Mohandas Gandhi
- Leader of Indian Independence movement, Assassinated in 1948 Used Nonviolent means to push for change.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1st Prime Minister of India, wanted to modernize India
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Leader of Muslim League, originally part of Congress, but formed Muslim League later. 1st President of Pakistan
- Indira Gandi
- Daughter of Nehru, 1st woman Prime Minister of India, assassinated by Sikhs
- Rajiv Gandhi
- Grandson of Nehru, Prime Minister of India, Assassinated in 1991
- Benazir Bhutto
- 1st woman Prime Minister of Muslim Country. Prime Minister of Pakistan,overthrown by Military, assassinated in 2008
- Congress Party
- Main Independence party of India, Started in 1885 to push for self rule
- Muslim League
- Indian Party that pushed for a separate Muslim nation, led to formation of Pakistan
- Kashmir
- Province of India dispued by Pakistan and China, cause of tension and war between India and Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Formerly East Pakistan, founded in 1971, very poor country
- Partition
- Division of India into two states along religious lines. Hindu=India, Pakistan=Muslim
- Taliban
- Islamic Fundamentalist group that controlled Afghanistan until US overthrew in 2001
- Green Revolution
- using modern farming techniques to improve farm output and food production
- Caste System
- traditional social structure of India, Gandhi tried to end discrimination