Republic of India
Across
- 2. A program in India that was started in 1985 to clean up the Ganges River
- 3. A government in which elected individuals make decisions for the people
- 4. The belief that people should be loyal to those with whom they share a common history, customs, origins, and some times language or religion
- 6. Favoring no specific religion
- 8. A division of a continent
- 10. To divide
- 12. A British act of 1935 that gave India some self-government
- 13. A seasonal wind in India that blows hot, dry air across the continent from the northeast during the winder and comes from the opposite diretion in the spring and summer, bringing heavy rains from the ocean
- 14. The judicial branch of India's government
- 16. The legislative branch of India's government
- 17. The non-violent refusal to obey unfair laws
Down
- 1. A group founded in 1885 to work for the rights of Indians; it attracted mainly Indian Hindus
- 2. A modernization of India agriculture in the 1960's, where new types of seeds and grains were introduced and fertilizers and pesticides were made available
- 5. A group founded in 1906 to work for the rights of Indians; it attracted mainly Indian Muslims
- 7. An act of the British government in India that gave the British the power to send Indians to jail for up to two years without a trial
- 9. The head of government in India
- 11. Disease of the lungs
- 15. The currency of India