Question | Answer |
When was the Government of India Act? | 1935 |
When were the General Indian Elections? | 1937 |
When did WWII start? | 1939 |
Which leader was arrested and how many other people were arrested? | Gandhi and 20,000 others |
Why did the 1st Round Table Conference fail? | Gandhi and Congress did not attend so there were only the 16 Princes and a mixture of Muslims, Sikhs, Untouchables representatives. |
What was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931? | An agreement between Gandhi and Lord Irwin. |
Name one thing that Gandhi agreed to in the pact | Civil Disobedience would be halted or Congress would participate in the round table conferences |
Name one thing the Lord Irwin agreed to in the pact | Police brutality inquiry would be held or Political prisoners not guilty of violent crimes would be released |
Why did Gandhi anger the Muslims, Sikhs, Untouchables and Princes at the 2nd Round Table Conference? | He said he was speaking for ALL Indians when he said that there was no need for reserved seats. |
How was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact broken? | Gandhi was arrested (Viceroy Willingdon saw it as a chance to strengthen the position of Lord Irwin) |
What was the Communal Award of 1932? | It protected the minority groups and the untouchables and gave them the rights to a separate representation. |
Why did the 3rd Round Table Conference fail? | Only the Untouchables and the Princes attended the Conference. The Labour Party drove for Indian political progress and they had lost support. |
When did Individual Civil Disobedience occur? | 1933-1934 |
What was the British Response when the Gandhi reached the salt work? | At first the British treated the March as a joke. When Gandhi addressed a prayer meeting at it attracted world press attention, the British began to take it more seriously. |
How did the Response of the British change? | At the salt production at Dharasana, 2000 demonstrators were attacked with lathis. 2 people were killed and 230 people were injured. |
What did the Salt March turn into? | Mass Civil Disobedience |
What was made an official aim of Congress in December 1929? | Purna Swaraj |
What year was the Salt March? | 1930 |
How many people walked with Gandhi from his ashram to Dandi Beach? | 78 followers |
How many people were drawn in by the gathering before the Salt March? | 75,000 people |
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