Role Of Individuals Inter-war Period

Question 1

Who promoted imperial preference after Great Depression

Answer 1

Lord Beaverbook

Question 2

Lord Mountbatten

Answer 2

The new viceroy Sent by BRITISH in March 1947 to bring about Indian independence with a deadline of June 1948. He was done by August 1947 although stayed for 10 more months as a governor genral

Question 3

Stafford Cripps

Answer 3

Sent by Churchill to offer full dominion status and home rule to India in 1942 after fear of INA emerging, failed and resulted I. “Quit India” campaign

Question 4

Viceroy Lord Lithingow

Answer 4

Declared war on Germany without consulting congress, caused upoar and lead to members of congress and leaders arrested

Question 5

Chuchill

Answer 5

Largely blamed for bengal famine which resulted in 3m deaths and further soured relationships

Question 6

Nehru

Answer 6

Son of wealthy lawyer,educated in Britain, joined INC in 1919
Elected as INC president in 1928
Imprisoned during anti-salt tax campaign
Re-elected as president during 1936, supported Britain in 1939 although reluctantly joined ‘quit India ‘ campaign. Imprisoned again in 1945
Became India’s first independent pm in 1947 and later died in office

Question 7

Chandra Bose

Answer 7

Indian congress politician
President of inc 1938-39, left after British support
Placed under house arrest by British in 1939, fled to Germany
In 1943 in Japanese held Samatru, he set up the INA
Intended to use troops to free India, died in Japanese plane coach 1945

Question 8

Ali Jinnah

Answer 8

Prominent member of INV, member of Muslim league which he led in 1913
Initially favoured Hindu-Muslim cooperation but resigned from INC in 1920, disagreeing with non-violent protests
Argued for a separate Muslim state in 1940
Helped create Pakistan in 1947 becoming their first governor genral

Question 9

Henry McMahoon

Answer 9

Sent as a rep of British gov to sheriff hussein of Mecca in 1915
Negotiated the McMahoon Hussein agreement that land held by Turks would be returned to the Arab nationalists who lived in that land

Question 10

Arthur Balfour

Answer 10

Foreign secretary Announced Balfour declaration, supporting Zionist call for a homeland in their holy land in Paleine, onassumpyion this doesn’t create a separate starptem or undermine Arabs at the time , aging powerful Jewish support, eg Rothschild in American press

Question 11

Genral dyer

Answer 11

Angry a missionary women was attacked in Amritsar, commanded his troops to open fire on civilians who were at a large protester meeting, officially killing 379 innocents