Indian History and Concepts

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East India Trading Company

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English company originally seeking trade in the East Indies before seeing their chance and taking over the Indian government.

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inequality

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the quality of being unequal or uneven

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Discrimination

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involves an action, acting on one's prejudices

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resentment

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a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

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reforms

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changes to bring about improvement

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nationalism

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pride in one's country

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parliament

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the lawmaking body of British government

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protests

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action taken to show that people want change

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Amristar

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1919; crowd riot in field, army fires at crowd; convinced Indians need to govern themselves

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Gandhi

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This was a leader of the Indian independence movement in mid-20th century known for his nonviolent protests.