Not the usual sense
Migrants of a second kind
Many Indians are migrants in one sense: not living near their birthplace or original community.
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India, a Home to Many · Class 7 Social Science · Exploring Society
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A wide definition
Who the Jews are
The people, and the cultural community, whose origin is the ancient Hebrews of Israel, linked to Judaism.
Sanctuary, several times
Waves, and why they came
Persecution in various countries drove Jews from their homes.
One God, and a choice
Zoroastrianism
Among the oldest religions the world has, founded in Central Asia by the prophet Zarathushtra.
The 7th century
Why they left Persia
Followers of Zoroastrianism are the Parsis, and Persia is Iran today.
A state religion
What they were leaving
Zoroastrianism had been the religion of state in the mighty Sassanid Empire, of the third century to the seventh.
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The Jews, and the Syriac Christians
The Bene Israel were shipwrecked on the Konkan coast around 175 BCE. Jews at Kochi were later granted land for as long as sun and moon endure. Syriac Christians, persecuted in two empires at once, reached Malabar from th…
- This chapter is about migrants who settled here, having come from other parts of the world, and they added to the diversity.
- Jews may be identified by descent or by conversion, and Jewish identity may rest on ethnicity, history, culture or religion.
- Sanctuary in India is what Jews sought, in several waves, driven by persecution, and found a safe haven for their faith.
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The Parsis, and a very old kinship
Zoroastrians fled Persia after the Islamic conquest of the seventh century and reached Gujarat between the eighth and tenth centuries. A spoon of sugar in a jug of milk won them a home. Their language and the Vedas share…
- Zoroastrianism is among the oldest religions, founded in Central Asia by Zarathushtra, worshipping one God, Ahura Mazda.
- An important aspect of it is the choosing of good over evil, which belongs to the faith.
- The Parsis came primarily to escape religious persecution in Persia, now Iran, after the Islamic conquest of the seventh century.
~45 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
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Merchants, the enslaved, and the Armenians
Arab merchants came from the seventh century as peaceful traders and helped build India oldest mosque. The Siddis were brought from Africa as slaves. Armenians won Mughal patronage, held high office, and built colleges a…
- Arab merchants came from the seventh century onward and settled along the west coast in Kerala, Gujarat and Karnataka.
- Spices and other goods they traded, local women they married, and new communities were formed out of it.
- In Kerala part of the Mappila Muslim community is what they became and helped build the Cheraman Juma Masjid, India oldest mosque.
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Refuge in living memory, and the value behind it
Bahais fleeing Iran reached India from the late nineteenth century. A Maharaja of Nawanagar saved about a thousand Polish orphans. The Dalai Lama was granted asylum in 1959, and Sowa Rigpa is now part of AYUSH.
- The Baha i faith began in Persia in the mid-1800s under Baha u llah, teaching unity among people and harmony between religions.
- Iran ruling religious leadership branded them heretics, so some sought safer places and reached India in the late nineteenth century.
- The Baha is in India today are mostly Indians, who believe in the faith message of unity and of love.
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Dealt with in this chapter, and adding one more dimension to the diversity, are migrants who came from other parts of the
Intermediate
A world
B country
C state
D district
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world
And settled here.
Besides descent from Jewish ancestry, the chapter gives one other way a person may be identified as a Jew. Identifying a Jew besides descent is
Advanced
A citizenship
B language
C conversion
D occupation
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conversion
A wide definition.
Consider these statements about Jewish identity. I. A Jew may be identified by descent from Jewish ancestry. II. A Jew may also be identified by conversion. III. Ethnicity, history, culture or religion may each define it. Which statements are correct?
Advanced
A I and II only
B II and III only
C I and III only
D I, II and III
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I, II and III
All three are in the chapter, and together they are why the chapter gives no single test for who is Jewish.
Jews came to India in several waves, and the chapter gives one reason running through all of them. Driving them to seek sanctuary was the fact of
Intermediate
A famine
B trade
C war at sea
D persecution
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persecution
They fled their homes.
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