Narragansett. North American Indians fought with colonists in Pequot War.

Nehru, Pandit Jawaharial. 1889-1964. Congress Movement 1929-. First Indian Prime Minister 1947-. Rationalized Hindu laws.

Noncooperation Movement. 1920-22. Ghandi’s non-violent protest in India. Amritsar Massacre.

Ojibwa. (Chippewa). North American Indians near Great Lakes. Supported French vs British in 7 Years War, British vs Americans in Revolution.

Pakistan. 25C BC Indus civilization. 15C BC Aryan. 6C Achaemenid. 326 Alexander. 4C BC Maurya Empire. c50 AD Kushan. 4C Gupta. 5C Hun. 8C Moslem. 11C Turks. 1206 Delhi Sultanate. 1526 Mogul. 1780 Sikh. 1840 British India. 1947 Independent. 1956 Islamic Republic. 1971 -Bangladesh.

Pandit, Vijaya. 1900-90. Fought for Indian independence. First woman president of UN General Assembly 1953-4. Nehru’s Sister.

Paramountcy, Doctrine of. 19C. British East India Company claims right to intervene if any state is misgoverned.

Parses. Parsis. Indian followers of Zoroastrianism from Persia 8C.

Patel, Vallabhbhai. 1875-1950. Indian nationalist with Gandhi.

Pocahontas. c1595-1617. American Indian friend of colonists. Saved John Smith, married Rolfe.

Pondicherry. 1674. French colony. 1954 joined India.

Pontiac. c1720-69. American Indian chief. Led revolt vs British 1763-6.

Powhatan. c1550-1618. American Indian chief. Pocohantas’ father. Co-op. with settlers.

Powhatan War. 1622-44. Indians attack settlers in Virgina, Maryland. Reprisals nearly wipe out tribe.

Prasad, Rajendra. 1884-1963. First president of Indian Republic 1950-62.

Proclamation of 1763. Limited settlement west of Appalachians to appease Indians.

Pueblo Rebellion. 1680. Pueblo Indians expel Spain from New Mexico -1692.

Punjab. Aryan. c518BC Persia. 326BC Macedonia. c324BC Mauryan. c320 Gupta. 8C Moslem. 1206 Delhi. 16C Mogul. 1764 Sikh. 1849 Britain. 1947 Pakistan(W)/India(E). 1984 Amritsar Assault.

Rajagopalachari, Chakravarti. 1879-1972. Indian Governor General 1948-50. Founded Swatantra Party 1959.

Rajatarangini. 1148. Historical chronicle of Kashmir India.

Rajputs. 9C-. NW Indian Hindu warrior caste.

Ramakrishna. 1836-86. Indian mystic. Founded universal religion.

Raman, C.V. 1888-1970. Indian physicist. Raman effect: wavelength shift of deflected light.

Ranjit Singh. 1780-1839. Maharaja of Punjab. Founded Sikh kingdom in N India.

Ray, Rammohan. 1772-1833. Indian Hindu scholar, translator. Helped abolish suttee.

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