1901-19 India Flashcards
Date of partition of Bengal
October 16th 1905
Simla delegation date
1906 October
Curzons greatest success
Creating buffer zone between the developed Indo-Gangetic plains and lawless Afghan tribes beyond which lay the Russian empire whom Britain had semi fought against during the great game of the latter half of 19th century
When was the great game
Latter half of nineteenth century
What did curZon foolishly become convinced of
That Russians were moving into Tibet, an area beyond the Himalaya ruled by monks
Who did CurZon send to Tibet and when
1904: curZon ordered Sir Francis Younghusband ti investigate
What did Sir Francis Younghusband’s team in Tibet do
Found no Russians and annexed Tibet by machine gunning Tibetan monks simply trying to defend their territory
What did killing monks and annexing Tibet even though there were no Russians there do
Tarnished image of a civilised, competent empire
CurZon increased railway network by how much
43,000 to 53,000
CurZon increased area of irrigated land by
3 million hectares
What did CurZon work to preserve
The Taj Mahal
What did CurZon do in his second term when he instituted an inquiry into the state of Indian higher education
Instituted inquiry into Indian higher education but failed to include any indians on the the committee
What followed the committee meeting on the higher education of Indians without any Indians
The Universities Act
Date of the Universities Act
1904
What did universities act 1904 lead to
Aimed to restrict huge growth in no of private colleges to include more centrally nominated officials on uni governing bodies
How was 1904 universities act received
Growing Indian middle class perceived it as an attack on its interests and an insult to its capability . Resentment ready to turn to resistance
When organising committee of Congress became representatives, in early 1900s what was the prob
There were no general elections in which it might put up candidates
Since Congress couldn’t be a part of electisons at start of 1900s, how did they lobby
Congress lobbied MPs in Brit itself
So most of Congress’ early activity was directed at raising money to fund a small organisation, office and newspaper in London
What did Congress want around 1905 ish
Increasing education
Access to positions in the administration of India
Pre Partition Bengal was techinically a ?
Province
Bengal as a province pre-partition contained how many ppl
78 million, a population twice as large as Britain’s
Problems of Bengal pre -partition
Vulnerable to famine when the monsoon failed
High concentration of workers made it prone to unrest
Example of workers unrest in Bengal pre partition
Blue Mutiny of indigo workers
what did curzon establish in every province
in 1904 he established a criminal investigation department in every province
