Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Factors leading to independence
- Key individuals
- Gandhi
- Linlithgow
- Dyer
- Dyer ordered his men to fire 1650 rounds of ammunition in 10-15
minutes
- 400 people killed and 1500
injured
- Lead to the Indian civilians living in fear
and the unknown of what will happen next
- Turned millions of Indians against the Raj
- Revealed the true face of British rule
and that any British reform that
tended towards Indian independence
was a sham
- WW1
- Approximately 64,449 Indian
soldiers died in the war
- Indians fighting alongside British boosted the Indians
self-esteem, and also strengthened the arguments of Indian
politicians
- Should be given a greater say in the Indian affairs
- Ordinary people felt the effects of
the war through increased taxations
to fund it
- Other prices rose also e.g, fuel, food grains, Indian made good and imported goods
- Government couldn't control the prices
and the situation was soon exacerbated by
the failure of monsoons to arrive in
1918-19
- Lead to consequent grain shortages and famine