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Sort the participantsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Nationalism bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The East India Company received its charter of sole right to trade with the East in 1600 from:Read the answer and worked solution →Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in:Read the answer and worked solution →The first English factory in Bengal was set up on the banks of the Hugli in:Read the answer and worked solution →Nawab Sirajuddaulah marched with 30,000 soldiers to the English factory at:Read the answer and worked solution →Robert Clive defeated Sirajuddaulah at Plassey in:Read the answer and worked solution →Whose forces never fought at Plassey, having been promised the nawabship by Clive?Read the answer and worked solution →Mir Qasim was defeated by the Company at Buxar in:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1765 the Mughal emperor appointed the Company as Diwan of the provinces of:Read the answer and worked solution →Company officials who returned to Britain flaunting Indian wealth were mocked as:Read the answer and worked solution →Under Governor-General Richard Wellesley, the Nawab of Awadh surrendered half his territory in:Read the answer and worked solution →Tipu Sultan ruled Mysore from 1782 to:Read the answer and worked solution →Tipu Sultan died defending his capital Shrirangapatnam on:Read the answer and worked solution →After Tipu's death, Mysore was placed under which former ruling dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →The Marathas' dream of ruling from Delhi was shattered at the Third Battle of Panipat in:Read the answer and worked solution →The first Anglo-Maratha war ended in 1782 with the Treaty of:Read the answer and worked solution →The policy of paramountcy was initiated under which Governor-General, who served 1813 to 1823?Read the answer and worked solution →Rani Channamma led anti-British resistance in the small state of:Read the answer and worked solution →Punjab was annexed by the Company after wars with the Sikh kingdom in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Doctrine of Lapse was devised by Governor-General:Read the answer and worked solution →Which kingdom was annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse in 1854?Read the answer and worked solution →Citing the Nawab's misgovernment, the Company took over Awadh in:Read the answer and worked solution →The first Governor-General, who served from 1773 to 1785, was:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Doctrine of Lapse statesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Bengal nawabsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Company datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Company wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Mysore or MarathaRead the answer and worked solution →

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Items
  1. Group
    Peasants
    Item
    Awadh
  2. Group
    Peasants
    Item
    Bardoli
  3. Group
    Peasants
    Item
    Patidars
  4. Group
    Workers
    Item
    Ahmedabad
  5. Group
    Workers
    Item
    Sholapur
  6. Group
    Workers
    Item
    Assam tea
  7. Group
    Business
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    FICCI
  8. Group
    Business
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    Birla
  9. Group
    Business
    Item
    Thakurdas
Groups
  1. Item
    Peasants
  2. Item
    Workers
  3. Item
    Business
Instructions
Drop each clue onto peasants, workers or business groups.
_Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 2, Nationalism in India._

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Questions
  1. Answer
    1915
    Question
    Year Gandhi returned to India
  2. Answer
    1919
    Question
    Year of the Rowlatt Act and Jallianwalla Bagh
  3. Answer
    78
    Question
    Volunteers who marched with Gandhi to Dandi
  4. Answer
    240
    Question
    Miles of the salt march, over
  5. Answer
    24
    Question
    Days the salt marchers walked
  6. Answer
    1932
    Question
    Year of the Poona Pact
Instructions
Type the number only.
_Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 2, Nationalism in India._

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Nationalism bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Truth force, non-violent struggle.
    Item
    Satyagraha
  2. Clue
    1919 Act of detention without trial.
    Item
    Rowlatt
  3. Clue
    Movement to defend the Khalifa.
    Item
    Khilafat
  4. Clue
    Gandhi's book of 1909.
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    Hind Swaraj
  5. Clue
    Forced unpaid labour.
    Item
    Begar
  6. Clue
    Full independence demand, 1929.
    Item
    Purna Swaraj
  7. Clue
    Where the salt law was broken.
    Item
    Dandi
  8. Clue
    Gandhi-Ambedkar deal of 1932.
    Item
    Poona Pact
  9. Clue
    Bhagat Singh's revolutionary army.
    Item
    HSRA
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 2, Nationalism in India._

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