Challenges to British rule (1890-1914) Flashcards
Give examples of nationalist newspapers in India
- Kesari (Bal Tilak editor)
- Kaal (Shivram Paranjape editor)
Why were the editors of nationalists newspapers sentenced for imprisonment
for stirring up hostility
What murder was tilak accused of inciting
the murder of a medical officer
When was the Abhinav Bharat organisation founded
1903
What did Abhinav Bharat translate to
young India
What did the young India organisation carry out
carried out assassinations of British officials including distinct magistrate Arthur jackson and London based military advisor Curzon Wylie in 1909
When did Curzon partition Bengal
1905
What did the swadeshi campaign mean
self-sufficiency
What was swadeshi designed to do
undermine British rule
When was Bengal reunified
1911
Who reunified Bengal
Lord Hardinge
Who assumed power of Zanzibar in August 1896
Khalid bin Bargash
How long did the challenge of Khalid bin Bargarsh last
two days
When did the British governor of Sierra Leone (Colonel Cardew) introduce the ‘hut tax’
1898
What was the nature of the ‘hut tax’
it was a severe tax on dwellings and insisted that local chiefs organise their followers to maintain roads
How did Cardew respond to native resistance in Sierra Leone
deployed a ‘scorched earth’ approach which involved setting fire to entire villages, farms and crops
When did Cardew’s primary adversary surrender
Novemeber 1898
How many of the chief’s warriors did Cardew have hanged
96
When was the Battle of Omdurman
1898
How did the Daily Mail report the battle of Omdurman and the fall of Khartoum
as the ‘downfall of the worst tyranny in the world’
When did Cecil Rhodes become PM of the Cape
1890
What was Rhodes overriding aim in South African politics
to bring the Boer Republic (Transvaal and the Orange Free State) into a South African federation in which the British at the Cape would be the dominant partner
