India - Key individuals

India - Key individuals

1. Gandhi

2. jinnah

3. Nehru

4. Lord Curzon

   • passionate about india
     • high self regard led to his downfall 1905
       • offered resignation as a tactic, accepted after partition
   • saw viceroy as his destiny
     • died 1925
   • high-minded about Britain
   • disappointing later career
     • chancellor of oxford university
     • still bitter in 1912

5. Gokhale

   • drawn to indian nationalism
     • rose rapidly through politics
   • admired British raj
     • wanted self govt.
     • opposed mass action and challenging authority
   • appealed to indian middle-class
     • recognised by gandhi

6. Tilak

   • Besant