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British Reforms
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A-Levels India History Mapa Mental sobre British Reforms, creado por jacksearle el 22/05/2013.
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British Reforms
Morley Minto reforms 1909
Why?
British had new labour govt - open to reforms
Key reason - knew that partition of Bengal angered people
Scared of Rebellion - wanted to keep people happy
People
Morley - SoSI
Minto - Viceroy
What it did
Made changes to legis councils - suggest laws to Viceroy
Total Indians 135 up from 39 in 1892 Indian Councils Act
60 Indian reps on viceroys council - 27 from select groups
Provincial councils expanded
Separate electorates, Muslim ensured voice
Reserved seats for Muslims
Congress Unhappy
See as Divide + Rule - believed Muslims should be part of united India
Muslims happy
Guaranteed a say
Limited impact
168 resolutions suggested - 24 went through - little change
Success
Indians involved in policy for first time
1915 Defence of India Act
War time act - Measures:
curfews
no right to trial
Anti British groups banned
Censorship
Rationing
Seen as fair - in war there needed to be change
1919 Rowlatt Acts
Wartime Controls after war
No political meetings
Censorship of media
Curfews/travel restrictions
Imprisonment without trial
Arrest without trial
Indians very angry
Fought for UK in WW1 - expected more rights and rewards
Amritsar Massacre
Dyer open fires on public meeting in Jallianwala Bagh
379 dead, 1200 wounded
Imposed martial law after - flogging etc
Hunter Inquiry - Dyer censured - Indians see as huge injustice
Britain no longer have moral high ground
Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms 1919
Passed December 1919 - Put into practice 1921
3 major changes
1. Self govt in future
Confirmed promise of eventual self govt
Promised review in 10 years time where independence decision may be made
Changes to Council/Electorate
Elected Indian members now in majority on legis councils
Exec council increased to 6 - 3 appointed Indians
Provincial councils expanded again
Franchise increased 5 million can vote on provinical govts
Principle of separate electorates firmly embedded
Reserved elections of Muslims, Sikhs and Christians by own electorate
Dyarchy
Transferred
Local self govt
Education
Health
Agriculture
Reserved
Foreign Affairs
Finances
Law and Justice
Police
Reaction
saw temporary end to violence
Indian nationalists gave lukewarm reaction - saw it as complex and confusing
Act didn't seem worth years of anticipation
No point rejecting opportunities given
readiness to demand more
National movement about to be transformed by Gandhi
Govt of India Act 1935
3 main principles
Eventual federation at national level
Provincial autonomy
Safeguard for central govt
most complicated legislation ever, 450 clauses
Provisions
Expand electorate to 35 mil
Abolish dyarchy - reserved powers given to provincial govts
Create full provinical govts - exec and legis
Viceroy keeps power of defence and foreign affairs
Section 93
Reaction
Left/right wing unhappy, too little/too much
Many Indians believed it to be too little too late - demands has changed
Congress split on reaction
Some rejected on priniciple
Some wanted to grasp short term gains
Federation failed
Princes did not want to lose personal power
Gave up at start of WWII
Partition of Bengal 1905
Aim - Make British admin more efficient and respected
why partition?
streamlines admin
Bengal vlnerable to floods etc
Block the success of congress - make a muslim majority state
3 tier reaction
very moderate
Letter and meetings
moderate
Marches and boycotts
extremist
violence
Bombings + shootings
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