PPT ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN INDIA

1. GOVT FIRST GRADE COLLEGE CHIKKABASUR
Department of History
CLASS : BA I Year
SUBJECT : History
TOPIC NAME : The British Empire In India
Presented By : Prof.Veeresh Hiremath
Dept of History

2. Indian National Congress
 Founded in 1885
- Meant to increase the power of educated
Indians in government
 By the 20th century the party advocated
independence
 Gandhi became president of congress in 1915
- Formed an alliance with a muslim group
- Several important members resigned

3. Indian National Congress
 Other important members include Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr. Rajendra Prasad
 Worked against:
- caste differences
- untouchability
- poverty
- religious and ethnic boundaries
 On January 26th 1930 they officially declared
their goal to be complete independence
- Gandhi originally wanted home rule

4. All-India Muslim League
 Formed in 1906
 Meant to speak for and protect the interests of
Muslims in India
 Major leader during the modern independence
movement was Muhammad Ali Jinnah
 Supported the Independence movement
 Advocated the two-state theory: that muslims
should have their own state

5. Quit India Movement
 Organized in 1942 by Gandhi
- Response to Viceroy Linlithgow unilaterally
declaring the entrance of India into WWII
 Demanded independence in return for Indian
involvement in WWII
 Gandhi called for universal strikes
 Most congress leaders arrested
 Not supported by other groups like the Muslim
League

6. Indian National Army
 First formed in 1942 and reformed in 1943
 Led by Subhas Chandra Bose (starting in 1943)
 Formed with the help of the Japanese
- helped fight the allies in Asia during WWII
 Trials of INA members led to anti-British protest
in India
 Sepoys questioned loyalty to Britain

7. Indian Independence Act of 1947
 Created the separate dominions of India and
Pakistan
 Legislative authority given to local assemblies
 Given the right to secede from the British
Empire
 India fully independent in 1950 and Pakistan in
1956