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Flashcards by abioftheholly, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| partition of Bengal | 1905 |
| Morley Minto reforms | 1909: - 60 Indian representatives to be elected to serve the viceroys executive council - separate electorates for Hindu's and Muslims |
| First World War | 1914-18 Gandhi encouraged indians to sign up, but as soon as this did not grant independence Gandhi encouraged people to revolt |
| Montague Declaration | 1917 Britain was now implicitly committed to allowing Indians to govern themselves but within the context of the British empire, although no time scale was given and this angered many |
| the Monatgue-Chelmsford report and the Government of India act 1919 | - published July 1918- made law by the government of india act in December 1919 - The viceroy could now enforce laws even if the legislative councils rejected them and he could choose his own officials - the provincial councils were given power over education, agriculture, health, local self-government and public works - the British kept control over military matters, foreign affairs, currency, communications and criminal law - reserved seats in provincial legislatures for different religions DYARCHY |
| Rowlatt acts | March 1919 isolated Bengal, Bombay and Punjab and enforced old wartime controls- imprisonment with trial, trial without a jury, censorship a house arrest of suspects MONTAGUE DIDNT APPROVE |
| Amritsar massacre | 13 April 1919 misunderstanding- public meetings banned due to the recent hartals- innocent pilgrims celebrating a religious festival shot at in jallianwala bagh |
| Martial Law imposed on Amritsar | 14th April 1919 Aimed to humiliate Amritsar residents - Any indian who passed Dyer must Salaam to him - all third class railway tickets withdrawn, making it impossible for peasant indians to travel |
| Crawling order | Any indian who wished to pass through the lane in which Marcia Sherwood had been killed must crawl the length on all fours |
| first civil disobedience campaign | 1919 |
| second civil disobedience campaign | 1920-22 |
| simon commission | 1927 seven english delegates travelling india to determine whether the government of india act of 1919 worked or not - indians took this as a message that indians had know say in own indian politics |
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