I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
Mahatma Gandhi
Question
Was the montage-Chelmsford Reforms the beginning of a swing of independence?
India Before Independence
•Majority of Indians were Hindus - Large minority were Muslim
•1919 - Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (Shift in power)
•System of gov’t called dyarchy was formed
•Indians controlled health, education and agriculture
•British controlled finance and law and order
•Self determination at the end of World War I was taken seriously
•1919 - Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (Shift in power)
•System of gov’t called dyarchy was formed
•Indians controlled health, education and agriculture
•British controlled finance and law and order
•Self determination at the end of World War I was taken seriously
Amritsar, 1919
•1919 anti-British protest took place
•Holiest city for the Sikhs
•Protesters were unarmed
•British overreacted - 379 protesters were killed; 1000 wounded
•Holiest city for the Sikhs
•Protesters were unarmed
•British overreacted - 379 protesters were killed; 1000 wounded
Summary
Amritsar was the holiest city in the Sikh religion. There was a peaceful protest by Sikhs against British. The British overreacted to this protest and the result was 379 killed and 1000 wounded. This act was widely televised and most Indians wanted British out as a result.