| A | B |
|---|
| Mohandas Gandhi | man who played a key role in India's independence movement with his policy of passive resistance |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | India's 1st prime minister |
| Non alignment | Not taking sides but accepting help from both captialist and socialist nations |
| Sikhism | relgion in the 1500s blending Islam and Hinduism |
| Indira Gandhi | Daughter of Nehru, prime minister of India in 1966, assassinated in 1984 |
| Caste System | social system with different levels of groups |
| Kashmir | predominatntly Muslim Nation governed by India but disputed by Pakistan |
| Pakistan | Muslim nation formed when India gained its independence |
| Sri Lanka | Island nation orginally called ceylon, has had internal relgious and theic fighting between Tamils and other Sri Lankans |
| Tamil Tigers | A militant group fighting for independence of Tamils in Sri Lanka |
| Benazir Bhutto | Twice elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, daughter of Ali Bhutto who took over following a civil war |
| Bangladesh | originally called East Pakistan formed when India gained its independence, Muslim state |
