Factors leading to independence

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India Mind Map on Factors leading to independence, created by Libby_Snell on 02/05/2013.
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Factors leading to independence
  1. Key individuals
    1. Gandhi
      1. Linlithgow
        1. Dyer
          1. Dyer ordered his men to fire 1650 rounds of ammunition in 10-15 minutes
            1. 400 people killed and 1500 injured
              1. Lead to the Indian civilians living in fear and the unknown of what will happen next
                1. Turned millions of Indians against the Raj
                  1. Revealed the true face of British rule and that any British reform that tended towards Indian independence was a sham
            2. WW1
              1. Approximately 64,449 Indian soldiers died in the war
                1. Indians fighting alongside British boosted the Indians self-esteem, and also strengthened the arguments of Indian politicians
                  1. Should be given a greater say in the Indian affairs
                  2. Ordinary people felt the effects of the war through increased taxations to fund it
                    1. Other prices rose also e.g, fuel, food grains, Indian made good and imported goods
                      1. Government couldn't control the prices and the situation was soon exacerbated by the failure of monsoons to arrive in 1918-19
                        1. Lead to consequent grain shortages and famine
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