British rule in India

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British rule in India was coming under increasing pressure in the 1920s and 30s from an Indian population who wanted self-governance and representation.

The Rowlatt Acts of 1919 increased police powers by allowing imprisonment without trial

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the 1919 Montagu-Chelmsford measures gave locally elected councils a measure of control over some internal matters

in April 1919 Gandhi led a mass campaign against the Rowlatt Acts and troops fired on a portesting crowd at Amritsar, killing 400 and wounding 1200

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In the late 1920s the British government faced calls for independence

In 1930 Gandhi led a mass march to the sea to protest about the salt tax by gathering natural sea salt

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Numerous arrests followed, including Gandhi, who was released from jail to attend conferences in London in 1930 and 1931 to get agreement on ending the conflict

Nevertheless, in 1933 Britain announced its intentions of allowing India greater self-government

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The announcement paved the way for the Government of India Act of 1935, which took efect in 1937

Gandhi was a London-trained barrister who worked in South Africa between 1893 and 1914 and improved the rights of Indias there

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Though he resigned from the nationalist Congress Party in 1934 he remained a major influence.

He contributed much to Indian independence in 1947

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He was assasinated in 1948

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in April 1919 Gandhi led a mass campaign against the Rowlatt Acts and troops fired on a portesting crowd at Amritsar, killing 400 and wounding 1200

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the 1919 Montagu-Chelmsford measures gave locally elected councils a measure of control over some internal matters

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In 1930 Gandhi led a mass march to the sea to protest about the salt tax by gathering natural sea salt

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Nevertheless, in 1933 Britain announced its intentions of allowing India greater self-government

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Gandhi was a London-trained barrister who worked in South Africa between 1893 and 1914 and improved the rights of Indias there

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