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Section 2 Flashcards

1
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what happened in 1905?

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partition of Bengal

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2
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who was responsible for the partition?

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Lord Curzon

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Why was Bengal partitioned?

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1) Population
2) Size
3) Arya-Samaj
4) Divide and rule
5) Muslim support

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What was the Simla deputation and when did it occur?

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  • 1906
  • Group of Muslims led by Sir Aga Khan
  • Went to viceroy Minto
    Clauses:
    1) Weightage of Muslim seats
    2) Separate electorate
    3) Protect Urdu and Muslim culture
    4) Dont reverse partition
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5
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When was the all India Muslim League formed?

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1906

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6
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Why was the Muslim league formed?

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1) Success of the Simla depu
2) Upcoming elections
3) Betrayal of congress –> rioting
4) Hindu extremism

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What were the Morley-Minto reforms?

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An attempt to make a constitution in India in 1909

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What were the clauses of the Morley-Minto reforms?

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1) Members of legislative council increased.
2) Members of Provincial council increased.
3) Discussion based only in council
4) Separate electorates for Muslims
5) Weightage for Muslims
6) center - official
provinces - non official

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Why did the Congress reject the Morley-Minto reforms?

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1) Separate electorates and weightage for Muslims made them feel that they’re separating India.
2) Power with British

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10
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When was the partition of Bengal reversed?

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1911

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Why was the partition of Bengal reversed?

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1) Threat to King George 5
2) Swadeshi movement caused major losses to British
3) Rioting of Hindus “law and order”

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12
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Why did the British Muslims relation deteriorate following the reversal of the partition?

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1) Reverse partition
2) Demolish masjid at Cawnpore
3) British sided with Balkan states against Ottoman empire

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13
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Who signed the Lucknow pact and when?

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  • Congress and Muslim league
  • 1916
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What was the Lucknow pact?

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1) Separate electorates for Muslims
2) 1/3 seats for Muslims in Central assembly
3) No bill shall be passed if 75% of the effected community does not sign it.

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15
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Why was the Lucknow pact signed?

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1) Jinnah persuading them to work together
2) “Self-rule” as common objective
3) Giving British they’re demands (we want India to be governed this way)

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16
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Why was the Lucknow pact important?

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1) Better relations between congress and Muslim league
2) Hindi-Urdu controversy (Hindus accepted Muslims as a separate nation)
3) “Self-rule”

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17
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What were the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms?

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1) Princes could give advice
2) Voting rights increased
3) Diarchy ( major powers to British)
4) British - veto power
5) Muslims - separate electorates

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Why were the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms opposed?

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1) Indians - no law making power
2) Council of princes purely advisory
3) Support in world war phir bhi no power given

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What was the Rowlett act?

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1) Arrest without bail
2) Detention with no bail
3) Ppl could be ordered to live in a certain place.
4) No large gatherings to be made

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20
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When was the Rowlett act passed?

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1919

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Why was the Rowlett act passed?

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1) Fear of British for spread of communism
2) Aware of the increasing demands of self-rule
3) Afraid of what happened in Russia (butchered royal family)

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22
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What was the Amritsar massacre?

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  • Peaceful gathering
  • Sikhs worshipping
  • Small meeting
  • General Dyer
  • Open fire
  • 400 killed/ injured
  • Jallian wala bagh
  • 20,000 present
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23
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Who was general Dyer?

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  • British commander
  • Led troops to Jallian wala bagh
  • Opened fire on a peaceful gathering of 20,000 ppl
  • Dismissed from post due to cruel actions
  • Not tried bcz he was “protecting British rule”
  • Big fat jerk
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24
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What was the swadeshi movement?

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  • Revolt by Hindus
  • Threw British manufactured cloth in bonfires
  • Boycotted British made goods
  • Strikes of local workers from British industries
25
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Why did the Khilafat movement occur?

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1) Protect Muslim views
2) Fear of British dethroning the Sultan of Turkey
3) Precaution of what happened with Germany and Austria

26
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Why did the khilafat movement fail?

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1) Hindus joined
- Many Muslims left coz they felt that the movement was now serving a political purpose (allama Iqbal)
2) Prisonment of Ali brothers
- No leader
3) Imprisonment of supporters
- Lack of ppl
4) Hijrat movement
- 18000 Muslims
- To Afghan
- Left possessions
5) Moplah’s revolt
- Muslim extremists
- Casualties
- Many Hindus left
6) Chaura Chauri incident
- Police station
- Fire
- 22 Killed
- Ghnadi bye bye
- Support dhijum dhijum
7) Abolishment of Caliphate
- Kamal Atta Turk
- Khatam of caliphate system
- No reason to continue

27
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Who started the Khilafat movement?

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Ali brothers:
- Muhammad Ali Jauhar
- Shaukat Ali Gohar

28
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What did the Muslims receive due to the Khilafat movement?

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1) Urge of self rule
2) How to organize a movement
3) Strengthened two nation theory

29
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What did the Muslims loose due to the Khilafat movement?

A

!) Literacy rate dhijum
2) Sacrifices
3) Economy 💣

30
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When did the Dheli proposals occur?

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1927

31
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Why did the Dheli proposals occur?

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  • New reforms
  • Nehru said no separate electorates
  • Jinnah proposed alternatives
  • Not accepted
32
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What was included in the Dheli proposals?

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1) Separation of Sindh and Bombay
2) Declare NWFP and balochistan as provinces
3) 1/3 seats for Muslims
4) Seats of Punjab and Bengal reversed according to population

33
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What was the Simon commission?

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  • 7 member commission to prepare report for a reform
  • All British members
34
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Why was the Simon commission opposed?

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  • Sent 2 years early
  • No Indian member
  • Lord Birkenhead disrespect for Indians
35
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Why was the Nehru report made?

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Indians did not accept the Simon report so they drafted their own report ( all parties, Jinnah no part)

36
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What were the clauses of the Nehru report?

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1) India to be declared dominion
2) Hindi made official language
3) No separate electorates for Muslims
4) No weightage for Muslims
5) No state religion

37
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What was the reaction of Muslims to the Nehru report?

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  • Jinnah proposed 4 amendments to save the report
38
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What were the 4 amendments made by Jinnah for the Nehru report?

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1) 1/3 seats
2) Provincial autonomy
3) Punjab and Bengal seats
4) NWFP and Sindh made provinces

39
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Why did Jinnah propose his 14 points?

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1) Nehru refusal
2) Provincial autonomy
3) Protect Muslim rights

40
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What was the salt march?

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  • Hindu rebellion
  • Against unfair salt laws
  • British rule pe opposition
41
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What was the Allahabad address?

A

An announcement by Iqbal

42
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When did the RTC’s happen?

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1930-1932

43
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What happened in the first conference?

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1) Princely states joined 🟢
2) Provincial autonomy 🟢
3) Congress not present 🔴

44
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What was the Ghnadi Irwin pact?

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An agreement between the Congress and the British.
- Congress would stop their protests
- Congress would attend the RTC
- Gov would release prisoners and withdraw all charges

45
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What were the outcomes of the second round table conference?

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  • Sindh and Bombay separated 🟢
  • NWFP declared as a province 🟢
  • Congress stubborn 🔴
46
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What was the communal award?

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Foundation set by British for reforms
- Electorates
- Weightage

47
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What were the reactions of the congress and M.L to the communal award?

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  • Though the M.L saw that some of their seats were reduced to a minority, they were willing to co operate
  • The Congress was completely against it
48
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What were the outcomes of the 3rd RTC?

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No one was present 🤡

49
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What was the gov. of India act?

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-1935
- provincial autonomy
- Sindh, Bombay and NWFP
- Diarchy removed from provincial level
- kept on federal level
- No self rule
- Prov. governors could dismiss ministers
- Constitution to be changed only by British

50
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What were the reactions of the congress and the M.L to the gov. of India act?

A

C: “ a machine with strong brakes but no engine.”
M.L: “ Thoroughly rotten, fundamentally bad and totally unacceptable.”

51
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What were the election results of 1937?

A

Congress won seats in all provinces except 3.
M.L dint win

52
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What were the reasons as to why the M.L didn’t win the elections of 1937?

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  • Congress oldest and richest party
  • M.L had no experience
    -M.L had an image problem ( most members were influential ppl)
  • The M.L and the Muslims had no link b/w them
53
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What lessons did the Muslims receive after their defeat in the elections of 1937?

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  • Realization of the “image problem”
  • Helped link with ppl
  • Improvement in organizing and planning
  • Experience
54
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What were the terrors of the congress rule (1937-1939)?

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  • Bande Matram
  • Wardah scheme
  • Congress tyranny
55
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What was the day of deliverance?

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  • British war with Germany
  • India “in war”
  • Congress object
  • Withdraw from gov.
  • Jinnah said “celebrate”
  • Free from Hindus oppression
56
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When did the Lahore resolution occur?

A

1940

57
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What was the Lahore resolution?

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  • Minto park
  • Separate nation pe baat
  • Maulvi-Faz-Lul-Haq
  • Hindu press referred it to as “Pakistan resolution”
58
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Why was the Lahore resolution passed?

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  • Congress tyranny
  • ## Decolonization of the British

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