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After Gandhi turned down the job, he became the first leader of India.

All of the following are major problems for modern India EXCEPT:

Once back in India, Gandhi was soon given the name "mahatma," which means:

Any hopes of reuniting Pakistan and India died when Gandhi was assassinated in ______.

Following World War Two, Britain finally agreed to give India its independence in ______.

A Hindu lawyer educated in England, he eventually became the father of Indian independence.

In 1971 India defeated Pakistan in a war over the independence of this nation.

All of the following nations competed for influence in India before 1850 EXCEPT:

Indian soldiers who served in the British East India Company's private army were called:

Before returning home to India, Mohandas Gandhi first fought for human rights here.

India is expected to pass China in this key statistic some time in the next 10 years.

Disputes between Pakistan and India over control of this region have led to frequent violence.

Although a friend of Gandhi, he wanted a new nation for muslims and became its first leader.

INDIA BONUS: All the following were invented or first used in India EXCEPT:

Gandhi introduced the new tactic of ________, aimed at shaming the British before the world.

The Indian caste system defined a person's place in _______________.

In this caste system, the lowest group in society, called _____________ are without a caste.

India shocked the world with the successful testing of its first nuclear weapon in ______.

This 1,500-mile-long Indian river is considered holy to the nation's Hindus.

What percentage of Indians live below the poverty level?

India shares a border with all of the following nations EXCEPT:

Gandhi returned home to India in ____, where he soon became a leader for independence.

The British East India Company included all of the following EXCEPT:

The Hindu belief that the soul is eternal and returns in other forms after death is called:

In 1930 Gandhi led a group of marchers here to protest the British monopoly on salt production.

There are how many distinct castes in the Hindu caste system?

All of the following Indian leaders were assassinated EXCEPT:

India has the fifth largest _____________ in the world.

All of the following are among the major religions of India EXCEPT:

The division of India into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan was called ___________.

Bollywood produces more of these than any other place in the world.

This is one of the holiest of animals in the Hindu religion.

During the British Raj, India was ruled by a __________ appointed by the English monarch.

Against Gandhi's wishes, Britain also agreed to make part of India into this Muslim nation.

The period following the Sepoy Mutiny,  from 1858 until Indian independence, is known as the:

A mutiny of sepoys against the company began in ____ over the grease used on rifle cartridges.

It can be argued that one of India's greatest advantages in the growing world economy is its:

Modern India's biggest single partner in international trade is: