Mohandas Gandhi

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Sepoy Rebellion
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Sepoy Rebellion

• Reading Summary Mutiny of 1857

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British Rule of India
s

• The LONG Road to Independence

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The British Raj

• Raj- Hindu word for rule or sovereignty
• British take over after Sepoy Rebellion
• Turning point in Indian History
• British rule 1858-1947

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Colonial Government

• Established a British leader known as the Viceroy
• Attempted to impose British culture on India
• Educated a class of Indians in
• taste, opinions, morals and intellect.

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British View on Imperialism
It is pretty much with colonies as with
children we protect And nourish them in
infancy we direct them in youth, and Leave them
to their own guidance in manhood and the
best conduct to be observed is to part with them
on a friendly terms -A British Journalist
1829
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Two parties formed

• 1885- Indian National Congress
• Also known as Congress Party formed
• 1906- Muslim League
• founded to protect Muslim interests
• They eventually work together to fight for
  Independence

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World War I

• Until WW I Indians had little interest in
  nationalism
• Over 1 million Indians enlisted in British Army
• 1914-18
• They were promised reforms that would lead to
  independence

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Rowlatt Act

• After WWI British ignored promises of
  independence
• Indians began to protest
• 1919 British passed the Rowlatt act
• Allowed British to jail protesters for up to
  2-years
• Denied of trial by jury

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Amritsar Massacre (1919)

• 10,000 Hindus and Muslims peacefully protest
  Rowlatt Act
• British commander opened fire without warning.
• 400 Indians killed, 1,200 injured

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Road to Independence
Mughal Dynasty 1526-1712
East India Company 1600-1858
Sepoy Rebellion 1857
British Rule (Raj) 1857-1947
Indian National Congress (1885) Muslim League
(1906)
1914-19 World War I
Rowlatt Act Amritsar Massacre
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Reading

• From Reform to Independence