7. Administration of India Flashcards
Which groups of people criticised British control in India?
Professional ‘middle-class’ Indians
Indian National Congress
Members of congress
What aspects of British rule in India did members of congress criticise?
Trading arrangements
Restraints on Indian industry
Heavy taxation put on Indians to pay British civil servants
What was established on 1885 to campaign for home rule of India?
The Indian National Congress
What groups pressured British rule in India?
Social and humanitarian groups
What league was formed in 1906 to support the partition of Bengal?
All Indian Muslim League
What did British rule of India require of the Indian population?
Required collaboration of the Indian population
What was the Imperial Cadet Corps (1901) founded to do?
Give military training to Indian princes and gentlemen of British India (Indian elites)
What developed in India under British rule?
The Indian economy
What did Viceroy Curzon make changed to improve?
Efficiency
Who founded the Imperial Cadet Corps in 1901?
Viceroy Curzon
What did Viceroy Curzon reform?
Universities and the police
What did Viceroy Curzon lower in India?
Taxes
What did Viceroy Curzon to ensure stable currency in India?
The gold standard
What did Viceroy Curzon attempt to divide in 1905?
The province of Bengal
What two provinces did Viceroy Curzon want to divide Bengal into in 1905?
East Bengal (Muslim majority)
West Bengal (Hindu majority)
What was the attempt to divide Bengal by Viceroy Curzon met by?
Widespread resistance
What was the attempt to divide Bengal reversed?
1911
What group of people in West Bengal produced an uproar to the partition?
The Hindu elite as they owned land in East Bengal
What did the Hindu’s see the partition of Bengal as?
A pay-back for their criticisms of British rule in India
Which Viceroy was left to deal with the collapse of Curzon’s plans?
Viceroy Minto
What did Viceroy Minto introduce to attempt to appease the Bengali’s?
A limited program of reforms in 1909
Who introduced the Indian Councils Act in 1909?
Viceroy Minto
What did the Indian Councils Act of 1909 enable?
It enabled 27 Indians to be elected from provincial constituencies to the Viceroy’s council
What did the Indian Councils Act of 1909 give to the Indians?
Gave them greater participation in government as they could advise and assist the Viceroy in making laws
What did the democratic reform on 1910 (by Viceroy Minto) allow?
Allowed 135 Indians to secure seats in the provincial councils
What did Viceroy Hardinge do?
Reunited Bengal in 1911
Moved Indians capital from Calcutta to Delhi
