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India Act
The India Act was a big step towards independence for the Indians. This act allowed wealthy Indians the right to vote, Indians could now be educators and a new parliament was introduced within India. -
Round Table Conferences
At the Round Table Conferences, a British Viceroy to India named Lord Irwin publicly expressed his beliefs that he thought India should have it's own power. He announced this idea two different times in London, gaining a lot of people's attention. -
Civil Disobedience Movement
Although the Civil Disobedience Movement led by Mohandas Gandhi failed, it brought the entire Indian population together, and showed British authorities that they the Indians were sick and tired of being controlled. All of the acts done in the movement were nonviolent and included picketing and boycotts. -
Gandhi Irwin Pact
On March 5, 1931, Mohandas Gandhi and a British Viceroy named Lord Irwin made a pact, marking the end of civil disobedience in India against the British. This pact resulted in Gandhi getting arrested and imprisoned even though he never used violence against his enemies. -
Britsh Support
In 1942, the British tried and failed to get the nationalists to side with them. They attempted this by promising changes within the government after the war was over, but there were no changes toward Indian independence in the end. -
New Labour Government
After World War 2, the new Indian government wanted to solve India's many issues, but religious rivals made this process hard. For example, officials strived to create a compromise constitution, but this failed. -
Clashes In Calcutta
After the war, Britain was so in debt that they had to hand down their power in government to either the Hindus or Muslims in India. This chance at power caused rioting between the two groups in Calcutta, leading to the deaths of 5,000 people. -
India's Partition
British Officials began to be worried when the Hindus and Muslims didn't stop fighting against each other, so they proposed a partition plan. Within this plan, India would be split up into West Pakistan and East Pakistan. Along with this plan, the Hindus and Muslims could both rule in the separate states that they wanted. -
India's Independence
India was declared as independent from Britain in 1947 after decades of suffering under Britian's ruling. Along with this grant of independence, India became classified as the world's largest democracy.
