Britishers for a very long were applying the formula of Divide and Rule in India. They wanted to divide India into different “STAN”. They wanted the Balkanisation of the Indian Subcontinent. So, they accepted the demand of the Dr B.R. Ambedkar and gave Communal Award to the depressed class
Tag: British Era
Complete Independence, previously INC was asking for the dominion status. But after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Complete Independence became the slogan of the Indian National Congress.
The eminent leaders of Congress also defined complete independence. The complete independence included sovereignty of the nation. Protection and promotion of minorities. Compulsory education also became the demand of nationalists.
In the Karachi Session of INC, leaders also demanded the fundamental rights of the people.
But after the Civil Disobedience Movement, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, for the first time accepted Indian National Congress as the representatives of Indians. So, this was the point of happiness for Congress. But then the points of sorrow were bigger than the happiness as always
The then Viceroy of India Lord Irwin requested Gandhi to allow Simon to finish his work in India. So, the government would organised Round Table Conference to decide the fate of Indians. So, Gandhi asked Viceroy to give the promise that Dominion Status would be the issue for the Round Table Conference. But Lord Irwin refused to give promise.
Bhagat Singh and his group Hindustan Republican Association took steps against communalism. To give the message to the people they preached unity is the strength. Bhagat Singh left Sikhism on the ground that religion acted as a barrier between him and his countryman.
Gandhiates or No-Changers. Because their objective was to move people and promote creative programs among the masses, they gave emphasis to education and prepared the ground for the next phase of the freedom struggle in India
In the previous post, we have read about the Montagu-Chelmsford Reform of 1919. This act increased dissatisfaction among the masses. Gandhi wrote to the Lord…
So, in this situation, the British Government once again after a gap of 10 years came back with the new India Council Act of 1919. Montagu was the Secretary of State in 1919. Chelmsford was the Viceroy of India. So, this act was called the Montagu-Chelmsford reform
main provision of this act was imprisoned without trial for a minimum of two years. This act disappointed all the Indians. So, as a reaction to it, Gandhi declared 6th April 1919 as the day of the National Strike in India. From here, Gandhi Started his political career
In 1918, the Saurashtra region faced plague. So, with the end of the plague, Mill owner of Ahmedabad Mill decided to end the Plague bonus. But workers of the Mill protested on the ground that natural plague ie disease is over. But after World War-I, the worldly plague ie inflation came into existence