Key Events 1900 - 1925

Indian Mutiny 1857
1. Mixture of political grievances and religious fears
  1. Newly issued cartridges had been greased with either beef fat or pork fat
2. British never quite trusted India again
Partition of Bengal 1906
1. Poor administration of Bengal
2. Divide and rule
  1. Hindus outraged
3. Created a majority Muslim province
All India Muslim League 1906
1. Created to protect Muslim interests
Congress Split 1907
1. Splits into extremists and moderates
2. Maintain control
Morley- Minto Reforms 1909
1. Backlash against Partition of Bengal
2. 60 Indian reps on executive council
3. Provincial councils enlarged
4. Congress expected to be outraged
5. Muslims satisfied
6. Indians realised nothing much had changed
Indian Councils Act 1909
1. Reforms made into laws
2. changes in the provincial, central and executives councils
3. Muslims satisfied
  1. got seats in council
4. Congress didn't support
Home Rule Leagues 1916
1. Tilak
  1. Radical
    1. Rapidly gained 32,000 members
2. Annie Besant
  1. grew more slowly
Lucknow Pact 1916
1. Hindus & Muslims working together aiming for self government
2. Set out what they would do if given independence
Montagu Declaration 1917
1. Direct response to the Lucknow Pact
2. Eventual home rule for India to keep Indians on side
Rowlatt Act 1919
1. Imprisonment without trial
2. Search without warrant
3. People protested
Amritsar Massacre 1919
1. General Dyer banned all public meetings and arrested local politicans
2. Resentment for the Rowlatt Acts
3. British feared uprising and mutiny
4. Dyer opened fired on the Jallianwala Bagh meeting
  1. 379 killed
  2. 1200 wounded
5. Hunter Inquiry
  1. Whether Dyer did the right thing
  2. British never trusted again
Government of India Act/Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms 1919
1. Set out dyarchy ( 2 part power at provincial level)
2. Act set out 3 significant features
  1. self government in the future
  2. changes to the composition of councils & the electorate
  3. division of governmental responsibilities
3. British - law, economy, foreign policy
4. India - health, education, agriculture
Non-cooperation movements 1919-1921
1. 1st - blue indigo growers in Bihar - successful
2. 2nd - Anger towards General Dyer
  1. Ended because of violence
  2. 22 policeman burned in Chauri Chaura
Moplah Rebellion 1921
1. Muslims turned on Hindus & killed 600
2. Forcefully converted 2000

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