Factors influencing independence

GANDHI/CONGRESS
1. Quit India Campaign 1942
  1. Congress sanction 8th August.
2. Congress demand complete independence - 20th March 1940
3. Congress working committee - declares it will not support British in war unless self determination granted to India.
4. Independence Act 1947
5. 1920 non-cooperation - Gandhi declared Swaraj within 1 year.
PRESSURE FROM THE US
1. Atlantic Charter 1941 - Churchill and Roosevelt support self government.
WW1
1. Congress argues service in war demands reward
  1. Government of India Act 1919
  2. Lucknow Pact 1916
WW2
1. British losses - not enough men to run empire.
2. Bose & INA
3. Cripps Mission - offered full Dominion status with right to leave the Empire and Commonwealth when the war was over.
ECONOMY
1. Running British Empire had increased to £1400 million per year (post war)
  1. Gov. had raised wages of Indian soldiers which added more than £50 million per year to war debt.
GOVERNMENT ACTS
1. Government of India Act 1937 - eventual federation at national level.
2. Independence Act 1947 - remove British involvement in India.
3. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (becomes law in Government of India Act 1919) - self government promised in the future.
FEAR OF UNREST/COMMUNAL VIOLENCE
1. Calcutta Killings 1946
LABOUR GOVERNMENT
1. Comes to power in the UK July 1945.
2. Interim government takes power - 2nd September 1946.
MUSLIM LEAGUE
1. Lucknow Pact 1916 - Agreement between Congress and Muslim League to work together for self-government.

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