India Flashcards
What were 3 triggers of the Indian mutiny?
New cartridges, Doctrine of Lapse, crossing the sea
What was the Ilbert Bill and when was it introduced?
A failed bill to allow Indian magistrates to try Europeans. It was introduced in 1883
When was the INC founded?
1885
When was the Universities Act passed and what was it?
1904- it restricted the growth of private colleges and included more centrally nominated figures on governing boards
When was Bengal partitioned and by whom?
1905 by Viceroy Curzon
When were the Morley Minto Reforms introduced
1909
Who said “reforms may not save the Raj but if they don’t nothing else will”
Morley writing to Minto
Who was Viceroy, Morley or Minto
Minto was Viceroy, Morley was Secretary of State for India
When was Bengal reunified and by whom?
1911 by Viceroy Hardinge
When did the Great Game end?
1907- after the Russo-Japanese War
Who was Gokhale?
A moderate Indian nationalist who advocated working with the British to get political representation and eventually self government
Who was Tilak?
An extreme Indian nationalist who advocated protest, agitation and swadesh (boycott). He also re-energised a Hindu festival and used it to make anti-British speeches using Hindu analogies
Why was Bengal partitioned?
To make India’s largest and most popular province easier to govern
To weaken the INC as Calcutta had become the main base for intellectuals in India
Policy of divide and conquer- split Muslims and Hindus
When was Curzon Wyllie assassinated?
July 1909
When were British troops sent to Tibet?
1904- they massacred monks and found no evidence of Russian involvement
When was the Bengal Famine and how many died?
1899-1900. Approximately 1 million people died
What did Curzon do throughout the famine?
He spent large sums of money rebuilding the Taj Mahal and implemented limited relief measures
When did Britain invade Burma?
1885
What was the Great Game?
Britain were worried that Russia, who was expanding throughout Europe, would try and invade India, which was entirely false but the two countries still had a period of heightened tension and suspicion. Britain were especially worried about Afghanistan being used as a route and attempted to invade it.
When was the Opium War?
1856-60. Britain received Hong Kong after winning and legalised opium in China
What was the 1909 Indian Councils Act
The Morley-Minto Reforms
What was the 1910 Press Act
A broad act that outlawed exciting any contempt or hatred of the government in order to silence anti-colonial journalists
Who were the main opposition to the Ilbert Bill
Unofficial Europeans who were the lowest in European hierarchy but had a strong sense of solidarity and felt they were above Indians. There were 29,000 of them
Main argument against the Ilbert Bill?
Concerns that this new power would be abused and that European women would be raped
