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The Story of India

Episode 6 – Freedom
Please answer the following by writing true or false in the blank in front of the statement. (1
point each). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81oG_liAYJ8

__________ 1. When the British arrived, all of India was controlled by the Mughals.

__________ 2. The East India Company increased its profits after taking the south in 1799.

__________ 3. One third of all British men married Indian women.

__________ 4. The East India Company did not allow the men to dress in Indian attire or
practice any Indian religion.

__________ 5. The Sepoy Mutiny started over the use of animal fat on cartridges

__________ 6. The Sepoy leaders of the revolution are despised in India today for starting the
mutiny.

__________ 7. The Sepoys lost and Victoria became the empress of India.

__________ 8. The freedom movement started with a British civil servant, A. O. Hume.

__________ 9. The British brought in the concept of Indian unity.

__________ 10. When the British took census records, they did not document religion.

__________ 11. Around 400 people were killed at a peaceful protest by the British at Amritsar.

__________ 12. Nehru and Gandhi’s work is starting to be forgotten within India.

__________ 13. Jinnah believed that Hindus and Muslims can live together as one country.

__________ 14. The British kept the boundary lines secret until after independence.

__________ 15. There have been 3 wars since India and Pakistan split.
Name:________________________________________ Freedom:________

The Story of India

Episode 6 – Freedom
Name:________________________________________ Freedom:________