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Key Facts About Indian History and Culture

Vasco de Gama was the explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope and reached Calicut, India on May 20, 1498. The document also defines purdah as the seclusion of women and suttee as the burning of widows. It states that educated Indians formed the Indian National Congress in 1885 as a forum to express grievances and demands, and identifies Mohandas K. Gandhi as the father of Indian independence and Jawaharlal Nehru as India's first and longest serving prime minister. India's major problems today are listed as overpopulation, mass poverty, border wars, and racial and religious strife.

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Key Facts About Indian History and Culture

Vasco de Gama was the explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope and reached Calicut, India on May 20, 1498. The document also defines purdah as the seclusion of women and suttee as the burning of widows. It states that educated Indians formed the Indian National Congress in 1885 as a forum to express grievances and demands, and identifies Mohandas K. Gandhi as the father of Indian independence and Jawaharlal Nehru as India's first and longest serving prime minister. India's major problems today are listed as overpopulation, mass poverty, border wars, and racial and religious strife.

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Macalintal, Jay Justin M Aug 13, 2010

BSN 4B-Friday 12:30 – 3:30 PM CDL407 Mrs. Wilhelmina C. Manuel

Asian Civilization
Questions

1. Who is the explorer who rounded the Cape of Good hope and reached Calicut, India
on May 20, 1948?

Vasco de Gama

2. It means seclusion of women

purdah

3. It means burning of widows

suttee

4. In what year did the educated Indians formed the IndianNational Congress as a
forum to express their grievances and demands?

1885

5. Who is the father of Indian Independence?

Mohandas K. Gandhi

6. India’s first and longest serving prime minister

Jawaharlal Nehru

7-10. India’s major problem as of today

Overpopulation, mass poverty, border wars, and racial and religious strife

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