Factors influencing independence

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India Mind Map on Factors influencing independence, created by jenny_allen on 02/05/2013.
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Factors influencing independence
  1. GANDHI/CONGRESS
    1. Quit India Campaign 1942
      1. Congress sanction 8th August.
      2. Congress demand complete independence - 20th March 1940
        1. Congress working committee - declares it will not support British in war unless self determination granted to India.
          1. Independence Act 1947
            1. 1920 non-cooperation - Gandhi declared Swaraj within 1 year.
            2. PRESSURE FROM THE US
              1. Atlantic Charter 1941 - Churchill and Roosevelt support self government.
              2. WW1
                1. Congress argues service in war demands reward
                  1. Government of India Act 1919
                    1. Lucknow Pact 1916
                  2. WW2
                    1. British losses - not enough men to run empire.
                      1. Bose & INA
                        1. Cripps Mission - offered full Dominion status with right to leave the Empire and Commonwealth when the war was over.
                        2. ECONOMY
                          1. Running British Empire had increased to £1400 million per year (post war)
                            1. Gov. had raised wages of Indian soldiers which added more than £50 million per year to war debt.
                          2. GOVERNMENT ACTS
                            1. Government of India Act 1937 - eventual federation at national level.
                              1. Independence Act 1947 - remove British involvement in India.
                                1. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (becomes law in Government of India Act 1919) - self government promised in the future.
                                2. FEAR OF UNREST/COMMUNAL VIOLENCE
                                  1. Calcutta Killings 1946
                                  2. LABOUR GOVERNMENT
                                    1. Comes to power in the UK July 1945.
                                      1. Interim government takes power - 2nd September 1946.
                                      2. MUSLIM LEAGUE
                                        1. Lucknow Pact 1916 - Agreement between Congress and Muslim League to work together for self-government.
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