Montagu/ Rowlatt Acts/ Amritsar/Gov of India Act 1919

What was declared in the montagu declaration quote ; Britain was now _ committed to allowing Indians to govern themselves, within the British empire.

' the gradual development of self governing institutions'; implicitly;

Amritsar massacre: Date ; killed how many people; wounding ;

13th april 1919; 400; 1500;

Receiving consent from his supperiors general _; continued with further oppressive actions imposing what kind of law on Amritsar;

Dyer; martial

Who was secretary of state for India and issued a subsequent declaration in 1917 committing Britain to further concessions;

Edwin Montagu

Which committee is set up to investigate Dyers actions in Amritsar; the report found hat Dyer had acted quote ; the Indians set up their own committee and their findings aroused deep what among indian subjects of the Raj

Hunter committee; beyond th necessity of the case; resentment

days after the amritsar massacre Dyer invents the humiliating _ order as part of martial law

crawling;

proposals of what report in 1918 became law as the government of India act in 1919; Montagu had found in his report that the british administration was still something of a what _ he found very little had changed since Curzon; what did the proposals set up as a system to run india (divided power in the provinces between Indians and the brtish) the system ran between the years _ ; where the system was abolished by what act_; crucially Britain retained control of most significant powers including; the proposals also set up what kind of seats to protect minority representation;

Montagu Chelmsford report; dead hand; dyarchy; 1919 to 1935; the government of india act 1935; military matters, foreign affairs, currency and communications; reserved seats

In response to rising pressures and outbreaks of unrest from the indian population over increased demands for self government and an economic crises after the 1st ww the british imposed the oppressive _ Acts in what month/year; the Rowlatt commission isolated areas such as the Punjab as centres of what activity _ and recommended what type of controls; included imprisonment without _ and strict; secretary of state montagu _ agreed, however he called the acts what quote; Jinnah and several of his colleagues did what in protest; in reality the powers were found to be _ and were soon repealed however the impression it created was loud and clear, that the promises made by the montagu Chelmsford report were what; what did the acts therefore suggest; the acts thus came close to _ the 1919 government of india act.

Rowlatt; march 1919; revolutionary; wartime; trial; censorship; reluctantly ; extremely repugnant; resigned; unnecessary; meaningless; that Britain had no intention of devolving power; sabotaging;

Build up to the Amritsar massacre: what began as a reaction to the rowlatt act; who were injured;who was famously killed (beaten by muslim youths); what did this symbolize to the british;

rioting; Europeans; Maria Sherwood; it had lost control of the mob

How did congress respond to the montagu Chelmsford report; argued that the reforms were far too what; despite the franchise being extended only what strikingly small percentage of Indians could vote _;

they rejected it and boycotted the first elections; limited ; 3%