1928-1939 - created from Mind Map

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Simon Commission 1928

Nehru Report

Review dyarchy

Issued in response to no indian involvement in Simon Commision

All Indian roundtable conference

Set out a constitution for a future independent India

Disagreement between Congress and ML about reserved seats.

Jinnah refuses to compromise

Is further reform needed?

Sent a year early

No Indians on the review panel

Of limited importance - Labour come to power and issue dominion declaration

Congress boycott - Nehru report

Salt march 1930

First mass movement since violence that ended Non-cooperation

Only 78 people march - hand picked to ensure there would be no violence

From Gandhi's ashram to Dandi Beach approx 400km

Huge media coverage, national and international

British Reaction - mass arrests and brutal control

Support

Arrived at Dandi beach - makes salt, calls for all supporters to also break the salt law

Dharasana Salt Works

20,000 arrested

Ahimsa (shame your attacker)

USA react - showed displeasure by putting report of actions on record in Congress

2000 demonstrated 2 killed 320 injured

75,000 people gathered to watch the march leave ashram

10,000 attended a prayer meeting the day before

1929

Radicalisation of Congress 1929

Dominion Declaration/ Irwin Declaration

Gandhi Backs the 'young hooligans' (radicals)

J Nehru becomes leader of Congress

Stated aim of Congress becomes 'purna swaraj'

Repeated message of Montague Declaration

Along with the Nehru report made the Simon Commision irrelevant

Communal award 1932

Outbreak of war

Civil Disobedience

Following the success of the Salt march civil dis becomes national mov

Individual Civil Disobedience

Roundtable Conferences

1st Conf

2nd Conf

3rd Conf

Attended by 89 represetatives from Britain and India

Basic agreement reached the future govt of Ind should be based on a federal democratic model

Gandhi and Congress leaders were in prison. Congress officially boycotted the conf.

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1935 Govt of India Act

1937 Elections

Gandhi chose the salt law as it was symbolic - need salt for life in hot country.

The law was petty and insignificant - made the British look worse when they used brutal methods to control the protesters.

Conservatives don't want the incoming Labour govt to carry out reform - think they will give more reform.

Seen as an end to the period of unity between Congress and ML (rapproachment) and called the 'parting of the ways'

Jinnah retires from politics and goes to England

Gandhi had been very reluctant to launch another mass movement - scared it will descend into violence. Hence careful controls in SM

Shows the impact of a Labour govt - change in opinion from Conservatives.

Following the Dominion declaration Nationalists assumed that the conferences would be to draft a new constitution but Britain was not prepared to do this. Purpose of confs was just to reassure Indians of their long term intentions.

1928-1939

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