Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born at Porbandar in Gujarat on 2 October 1869. He studied law in England. He returned to India in 1891. In April 1893 he went to South Africa and involved himself in the struggle against apartheid……….
The failure of the Cripps Mission and the fear of an impending Japanese………..
The Muslim League was also dissatisfied as its demand for Pakistan had not been coceded in the proposal…….
The promise of Dominion Status to India, Protection of minorities, setting up of a Constituent Assembly in which there would be representatives from the Princely States along with those of the British…………..
Lord Linlithgow expanded his Executive Council by including five more Indians into it in July 1941.However, in the midst of worsening wartime international situation, the British Government in its continued effort to secure Indian cooperation sent Sir Stafford Cripps to India on 23 March 1942………..
Gandhi was not satisfied with the August offer and decided to launch Individual Satyagraha. Individual Satyagraha was limited, symbolic and non-violent in nature and it was left to Mahatma Gandhi to choose the Satyagrahis.
During the course of the Second World War in order to secure the cooperation of the Indians, the British Government made an announcement on 8 August 1940, which came to be known as the ‘August Offer’.
On 1 September 1939 the Second World War broke out. The British Government without consulting the people of India involved the country in the war………………………….
The British Government also approved of it. Accordingly, 148 seats in different Provincial Legislatures were reserved for the Depressed Classes in place of 71 as provided in the Communal Award…………
The Congress had also observed January 26, 1930 as the Day of Independence. Since then January 26th has been observed as a day of independence every year………….
Dominion Status. Full responsible government at the centre. Autonomy to the provinces. Clear cut division of power between the centre and the provinces. A bicameral legislature at the centre……..
In the meanwhile, the Secretary of State, Lord Birkenhead, challenged the Indians to produce a Constitution that would be acceptable to all. the challenge was accepted by the Congress, which convened an all party meeting on 28 February 1928
According to this award, the depressed classes were considered as a separate community and as such provisions were made for separate electorates for them. Everywhere it was greeted with black flags and the cries of ‘Simon go back………….
In March 1933, the British Government issued a White Paper, which became the basis for the enactment of the Government of India Act, 1935.
On 8 March 1931 the Gandhi–Irwin Pact was signed. As per this pact, Mahatma Gandhi agreed to suspend the Civil………..
The first Round Table Conference was held in November 1930 at London and it was boycotted by the Congress………
In response to the inadequacy of the Simon Report, the Labour Government, which had come to power under Ramsay MacDonald in 1929, decided to hold a series of Round Table Conferences in London……
The movement spread to all parts of the country. Students, workers, farmers and women, all participated in this movement with great enthusiasm……..
The Act of 1919 included a provision for its review after a lapse of ten years. However, the review commission was appointed by the British Government two years earlier of its schedule in 1927……….
The suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement led to a split within Congress in the Gaya session of the Congress in December 1922…………