The Ghadr movement

The Ghadr movement

Mutinies of pathans
1. In 1914-15
2. Causes
  1. fear of being led by a muslim officers
  2. troops in signapore heard they were going to France
    1. they feared this as they had heard about the high death rate in the somme
3. Result
  1. 37 ring leaders were publicly executed
300 sikhs commissioned a steam boat to take them to Canada
1. they were refused the entry to Canada
  1. went to Calcutta
    1. they were arrested as they arrived
      1. they were suspected of being enemies of the british government
        because they came from the Canadian Coastal Province of British Coloumbia
        It was home to many British opposing Indians
British secret police now paid closer attention to politics in India
1. A planned uprising was stopped in 1915
  1. 5000 Ghadrites were arrested
    1. 200 jailed
    2. 46 hanged

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