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By the year 1857 the British had established complete political control of India. As Western education was introduced and missionaries eroded Hindu society resentment among Indian people grew and it was joined by unease among the old governing class when the British decided to formally abolish the Mughal Empire.
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Britain took full command of India during the reign of Queen Vistoria.
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The title of viceroy was taken by the British governor-general
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While the Indian Nationalism was occuring, 2 groups were formed to get rid of the Indian foreign rule.
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The decision to effect the Partition of Bengal was announced in July 1905 by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon. The partition took place in 16 October 1905 and separated the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas.
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The partition of Bengal was the most important event during the rule of Lord Curzon. It was carried out mainly for the convenience of administration. Bengal in those days was the biggest province of India extending over 1, 89, 000 square miles with a population of 80 million. It was comprising of Bengal, Behar and Orissa and was under the central of one lieutenant Governor.
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The Indian troops came back home from the war and hoped the British would complete their promise.
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Rowlatt Acts, (February 1919), legislation passed by the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India. The acts allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and permitted internment of suspects without trial.
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he passive resistance campaigns led by Gandhi. Gandhi’s campaigns forged a new form of struggle against oppression that became a model for political and ethical struggles in other parts of the world – especially in India (the struggle for independence).
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The Salt March, which took place from March to April 1930 in India, was an act of civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) to protest British rule in India.
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This included local self-government and limited democratic elections but still wasn't total independence.
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The Indian Army began the war, in 1939, numbering just under 200,000 men. By the end of the war it had become the largest volunteer army in history, rising to over 2.5 million men in August 1945.
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India had about 350 million Hindus and about 100 Muslims
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Britain tried to gain power and control of the nationalists by promising them governmental changes after war.
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Riotings left 5,000 people dead, and more than 15,000 hurt in clashes in Calcutta between Muslims and the Hindus.
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The Partition of India was the process of dividing the subcontinent along sectarian lines, which took place in 1947 as India gained its independence from the British Raj. The northern, predominantly Muslim sections of India became the nation of Pakistan, while the southern and majority Hindu section became the Republic of India.
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India became the world's largest democracy managed by Jawaharlal Nehru the first prime minister.
